Inside the World Bank
Exploding the Myth of the Monolithic Bank
Published on 2. October 2009
Book
Hardback
XIV, 249 pages
978-0-230-61672-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book argues that the World 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.
Reviews / Votes
"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
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Edition
2009
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Illustrations
2 s/w Abbildungen
2 Illustrations, black and white; XIV, 249 p. 2 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
417 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-61672-1 (9780230616721)
Schweitzer Classification
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Person
XU YI-CHONG and PATRICK WELLER are professors of politics at the Centre for Governance and Public Policy at Griffith University, USA.
Content
Inside the World Bank Mandates Politics and Management Regions and Sectors Centralization and Decentralization Research in DEC and in Operations Self- and External Evaluation Governance: Political, not Politics Electric Power A Life at the World Bank