Beyond the World Bank agenda : an institutional approach to development / Howard Stein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stein, Howard, 1952-

Contributor:

ebrary, Inc.

John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Bank.

Economic development--Developing countries.

Economic development.

Developing countries.

Institutional economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 334 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Reflections on the history of the World Bank agenda.

The ascendancy of economics in the World Bank, 1944-1979 : from infrastructure to structural adjustment

From structural adjustment to "poverty reduction" : adjustment to the crisis and the crisis of adjustment after 1980. Economic theory and the World Bank agenda.

Economic theory and orthodox reform : critical reflections on structural adjustment

Institutions and the "missing link" in the World Bank's strategy : toward a critique. Beyond the World Bank agenda : an institutional approach to development.

Building on lost foundations : the institutional matrix and socioeconomic development

State formation as an institutional phenomenon

An institutional approach to financial development

Transcending neoliberal health policies

Conclusion : beyond the World Bank agenda.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-325) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Beyond the World Bank agenda.

ISBN:

0226771652

9780226771656

Publisher Number:

99943265806

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.