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BL
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949555
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b703925
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| Title & Author
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The World Bank and governance : : a decade of reform and reaction /\ edited by Diane Stone and Christopher Wright.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2007.
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| Series Statement
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Routledge/Warwick studies in globalisation ;; 14
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1 online resource (xx, 276 pages)
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| ISBN
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0203969073
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: 6610750823
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: 9780203969076
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: 9786610750825
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041541282X
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0415416507
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9780415412827
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9780415416504
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| Notes
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A critical retrospective of World Bank policy reforms and initiatives during the past decade.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction : the currency of change : World Bank lending and learning in the Wolfensohn era / Diane Stone and Christopher Wright -- Development ethics and human rights as the basis for global poverty reduction : the case of the World Bank / Desmond McNeill and Asunción Lera St. Clair -- The art of fine balances : the challenge of institutionalizing the Comprehensive Development Framework inside the World Bank / Nilima Gulrajani -- From 'safeguards' to 'sustainability' : the evolution of environmental discourse inside the International Finance Corporation / Christopher Wright -- Explaining change in the World Bank's forest strategy and operational policy / Lauren Flejzor -- The World Bank and pension reforms / M. Ramesh -- Change in international organizations : innovation or adaptation? A comparison of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund / Antje Vetterlein -- The poverty of amnesia : PRSPs in the legacy of structural adjustment / Celine Tan -- Becoming green : diffusing sustainable development norms throughout the World Bank Group / Susan Park -- Partnership and the reform of international aid : challenging citizenship and political representation? / Pascale Hatcher -- The World Bank as conveyor and broker of knowledge and funds in Argentina's governance reforms / Maria Pía Riggirozzi -- The missing link in development cooperation integrative frameworks : revelations from Lebanon's post-war experience in donor-assisted administrative reform / Nisrine El Ghaziri -- Fiscal decentralization in transition economies : the World Bank in a learning process / Krisztina Tóth.
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| Abstract
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This timely book offers the first critical examination of World Bank policy reforms and initiatives during the past decade.
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World Bank-- Evaluation.
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Weltbank
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World Bank.
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Economic assistance-- Political aspects.
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Economic development projects-- Environmental aspects.
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Economic development-- Social aspects.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Banks Banking.
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Economic assistance-- Political aspects.
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Economic development projects-- Environmental aspects.
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Economic development-- Social aspects.
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Evaluation
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Evaluation.
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Economische hulpverlening.
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Wereldbank.
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Entwicklungsländer
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| Dewey Classification
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332.1/532
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| LC Classification
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HG3881.5.W57W653 2007eb
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| NLM classification
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83.50bcl
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QM 353rvk
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| Added Entry
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Stone, Diane,1964-
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Wright, Christopher,1976-
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