Governing failure : provisional expertise and the transformation of global development finance / Jacqueline Best.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Best, Jacqueline, 1970- author.

Series:

Open Access e-Books

Knowledge Unlatched

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Finance.

Economic development.

Economic assistance.

Development banks.

Non-governmental organizations.

Corporate governance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 275 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jacqueline Best argues that the 1990s changes in IMF, World Bank and donor policies, towards what some have called the 'Post-Washington Consensus,' were driven by an erosion of expert authority and an increasing preoccupation with policy failure. Failures such as the Asian financial crisis and the decades of despair in sub-Saharan Africa led these institutions to develop governance strategies designed to avoid failure: fostering country ownership, developing global standards, managing risk and vulnerability and measuring results. In contrast to the structural adjustment era when policymakers were confident in their solutions, this is an era of provisional governance, in which key actors are aware of the possibility of failure even as they seek to inoculate themselves against it. Best considers the implications of this shift, asking if it is a positive change and whether it is sustainable. This title is available as Open Access on Cambridge Books Online and via Knowledge Unlatched.

Contents:

pt. I Understanding how global governance works

1. Introduction

2.A meso-level analysis

pt. II History

3. What came before

4. Transformations

pt. III New governance strategies

5. Fostering ownership

6. Developing global standards

7. Managing risk and vulnerability

8. Measuring results

pt. IV Conclusion

9. The politics of failure and the future of provisional governance.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Jul 2016).

Open Access title.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY

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ISBN:

9781107720770

110772077X

9781139892537

1139892533

9781107727892

1107727898

9781107730250

1107730252

9781107732001

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9781107728493

1107728495

9781107723887

1107723884

OCLC:

868068541

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access