The World Bank: Structure and Policies

ISBN-13: 9780521790956 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 360 str.

Christopher Gilbert; David Vines

Opis

The World Bank is dedicated to the promotion of sustainable economic development and to poverty reduction throughout the developing world. The contributors to this volume argue the Bank's greatest asset is its accumulated knowledge and experience of the development process, and propose that it organize itself around the concept of a "Knowledge Bank." Part I examines the World Bank as an institution, examining its structure. In Part II the effectiveness of World Bank assistance is evaluated.

Recenzje

"Each chapter is written by a knowledge contributor, and the insights provided are impressive...An excellent addition to any undergraduate collection on development assistance and international financial institutions." Choice Apr 2001

Spis treści

List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction Joseph E. Stiglitz; 1. The World Bank: an overview of some major issues Christopher L. Gilbert and David Vines; Part I. The World Bank's Structure: The Bank as an Institution: 2. Positioning the World Bank Christopher L. Gilbert, Andrew Powell and David Vines; 3. The World Bank and poverty reduction: past, present and future Ravi Kanbur and David Vines; 4. Why the World Bank should be involved in development research Lyn Squire; 5. The challenges of multilateralism and governance Ngaire Woods; Part II. The Effectiveness of World Bank Assistance: 6. The World Bank and structural adjustment: lessons from the 1980s Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Louise C. Keely; 7. The implications of foreign aid fungibility for development assistance Shantayanan Devarajan and Vinya Swaroop; 8. Aid, growth, the incentive regime and poverty reduction Craig Burnside and David Dollar; 9. How policies and institutions affect project performance: microeconomic evidence on aid, policies and investment productivity Jonathan Isham and Daniel Kaufmann; 10. Increasing aid effectiveness in Africa? The World Bank and sector investment programmes Stephen Jones; 11. The World Bank, conditionality and the Comprehensive Development Framework Raul Hopkins, Andrew Powell, Amlan Roy and Christopher L. Gilbert; 12. Conditionality, dependence and coordination: three current debates in aid policy Paul Collier; Index.