1st Edition
World Bank and Urban Development From Projects to Policy
By Edward Ramsamy
Copyright 2006
274 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
256 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
256 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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As one of the world’s most powerful supranational institutions, the World Bank has played an important role in international development discourse and practice since 1946. This is the first book-length history and analysis of the Bank’s urban programs and their complex relationship to urban policy formulation in the developing world. Through extensive primary research, the book examines four... Read more
Introduction 1. Theorizing the World Bank and Development 2. Toward Social Lending – Shifts in the World Bank’s Development Thinking 3. The Search for an Urban Agenda at The World Bank 4. The Fall of Poverty Alleviation: The Politics of Urban Lending at The World Bank 5. Beyond Global and Local: A Critical Analysis of The World Bank Urban Programs In Zimbabwe 6. Globalization, Neo-Liberalism and The Politics of The Bank’s Current Urban Agenda 7. Conclusion. Bibliography
Biography
Edward Ramsamy
