The World Bank and urban development : from projects to policy / Edward Ramsamy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramsamy, Edward, 1964-

Series:

Routledge studies in development and society ; 11.

Routledge studies in development and society ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic assistance--Developing countries.

Economic assistance.

Community development, Urban.

Developing countries.

World Bank.

Community development, Urban--Developing countries.

Physical Description:

xvii, 229 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Summary:

This significant text examines the factors, both internal and external to, the World Bank that have influenced its urban development agenda. It explores how the bank become involved in urban lending, how it fashioned its ideas into projects and programmes and how it translated these into specific policies. It expertly uses the case of Zimbabwe to illustrate the complex relationships between the banks urban division and the various national and sub-national actors in framing an appropriate urban policy. Arguing that the establishment of the bank's urban division and shifts in its urban agendas ought to be viewed as symbiotic with geopolitical and intellectual strands, it also demonstrates that while shifts in the banks urban policy have important consequences of domestic agendas, it is incorrect to view the bank as an agent of domination. This book is undoubtedly essential reading for those involved in the areas of urban studies and development studies.

Contents:

Introduction

Theorizing the World Bank and development

Toward social lending : shifts in the World Bank's development thinking

The search for an urban agenda at the World Bank

The fall of poverty alleviation : the politics of urban lending at the World Bank

Beyond global and local : a critical analysis of the World Bank urban programs in Zimbabwe

Globalization, neo-liberalism, and the politics of the bank's current urban agenda

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [192]-219) and index.

ISBN:

0415344395

OCLC:

62341524

Publisher Number:

9780415344395 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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