Inside the World Bank: Exploding the Myth of the Monolithic Bank - Hardcover

Xu, Yi-Chong; Weller, Patrick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0230616720 ISBN 13: 9780230616721

Verlag: AIAA, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

This book provides a new look at the World Bank and works to counter commonly held assumptions about this powerful global organization

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Críticas:

"Providing a rich description of many aspects of the World Bank, with details on internal operations that specialists may value, the authors posit that the World Bank is not well described by conventional principal-agent or bureaucratic models. Summing Up: Recommended." - Choice

Reseña del editor:

This book challenges the common view that the World Bank can be seen as a single player in world politics. Its critics credit it with common views and an over-riding neo-liberal philosophy, which it imposes on unwilling countries. We argue that the Bank, far from being a unitary actor, is fundamentally plural, internally fragmented and dispersed, with cascading chains of delegation, authority and controls, and with considerable discretion delegated to the staff. There are management dilemmas that ensure internal variations of opinion and approach are an inevitable part of its activities. Bank staff are important players in shaping the operation of the Bank; they have scope for creativity in the selection of the development programs and projects the Bank undertakes in the client/partner countries. To understand the Bank it is necessary to appreciate how it works and what impact the staff can have.

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• Verlag: AIAA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0230616720
• ISBN 13: 9780230616721
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 264