Global Institutions and Development
Framing the World?
Published on 23. October 2003
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-415-31289-9 (ISBN)
Description
This unique book explores a very broad range of ideas and institutions and provides thorough and detailed case studies in the context of broader theoretical analysis.
Key topics such as poverty, global governance, sustainable development and the environment are closely examined, with detailed case studies of the World Bank, the WTO, the IMF, Asian Development Bank, UN Development Programme and the OECD's Development Assistance Committee.
The impact multilateral institutions such as the World Bank and IMF have on development is hotly debated, but few doubt their power and influence. This book examines the concepts that have powerfully influenced development policy and, more broadly, looks at the role of ideas in international development institutions and how they have affected current development discourse. The authors analyze why some ideas are taken up by these institutions, how the ideas travel within the systems and how they are translated into policy, modified, distorted or resisted.
Key topics such as poverty, global governance, sustainable development and the environment are closely examined, with detailed case studies of the World Bank, the WTO, the IMF, Asian Development Bank, UN Development Programme and the OECD's Development Assistance Committee.
The impact multilateral institutions such as the World Bank and IMF have on development is hotly debated, but few doubt their power and influence. This book examines the concepts that have powerfully influenced development policy and, more broadly, looks at the role of ideas in international development institutions and how they have affected current development discourse. The authors analyze why some ideas are taken up by these institutions, how the ideas travel within the systems and how they are translated into policy, modified, distorted or resisted.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate and Professional
Illustrations
1 s/w Tabelle
1 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
575 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-31289-9 (9780415312899)
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Persons
Morten Boas is a Researcher at Fafo - Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway.,
Desmond McNeill is Research Professor, and former Director, at the SUM (Centre for Development and the Environment), University of Oslo, Norway.
Desmond McNeill is Research Professor, and former Director, at the SUM (Centre for Development and the Environment), University of Oslo, Norway.
Content
Chapter 1 Introduction, Morten Boas, Desmond McNeill; Chapter 2 The development discourse in the multilateral system, Knut G. Nustad; Chapter 3 Contesting policy ideas from below, Norman Long; Chapter 4 The informal sector, Desmond McNeill; Chapter 5 Policy stories and knowledge-based regimes, Ole Jacob Sending; Chapter 6 The World Bank and the environment, Robert Wade; Chapter 7 Sustainable development and the World Trade Organization, Morten Boas, Jonas Vevatne; Chapter 8 Social capital and the World Bank, Desmond McNeill; Chapter 9 Hegemony, neoliberal 'good governance' and the International Monetary Fund, Ian Taylor; Chapter 10 Balancing between East and West, Janne Jokinen; Chapter 11 'Good governance' and the Development Assistance Committee, Ken Masujima; Chapter 12 The evolution of the concept of poverty in multilateral financial institutions, Alice Sindzingre; Chapter 13 The role of ideas in the United Nations Development Programme, Asuncion Lera St Clair; Chapter 14 The power of ideas, James J. Hentz; Chapter 15 Ideas and institutions, Morten Boas, Desmond McNeill;