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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stein, Howard, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Bank.

Economic development--Developing countries.

Economic development.

Institutional economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite massive investment of money and research aimed at ameliorating third-world poverty, the development strategies of the international financial institutions over the past few decades have been a profound failure. Under the tutelage of the World Bank, developing countries have experienced lower growth and rising inequality compared to previous periods. In Beyond the World Bank Agenda, Howard Stein argues that the controversial institution is plagued by a myopic, neoclassical mindset that wrongly focuses on individual rationality and downplays the social and political

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Abbreviations

Preface

Acknowledgments

I. Reflections on the History of the World Bank Agenda

II. Economic Theory and the World Bank Agenda: A Critical Evaluation

III. Beyond the World Bank Agenda: An Institutional Approach to Development

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

9786611966546

9781281966544

1281966541

9780226771656

0226771652

OCLC:

310968834