World resources 2000-2001 : people and ecosystems : the fraying web of life / United Nations Development Programme

• Record Nr.: UNICAMPANIASUN0018042
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: IX, 389 p. ; 28 cm
• ISBN: 00-8043-781-8
• Edizione: [Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2000]
• Descrizione fisica: Pubblicazione anche in formato elettronico.
• Disciplina: 577.1
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Beyond the World Bank agenda [[electronic resource] ] : an institutional approach to development / / Howard Stein

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454152903321
• Autore: Stein Howard <1952->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008
• ISBN: 1-281-96654-1; 9786611966546; 0-226-77165-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.9009172/4
• Soggetti: Economic development - Developing countries; Institutional economics; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-325) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- I. Reflections on the History of the ; World Bank Agenda -- II. Economic Theory and the World Bank Agenda: A Critical Evaluation -- III. Beyond the World Bank Agenda: An Institutional Approach to Development -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Despite massive investment of money and research aimed at ameliorating third-world poverty, the development strategies of the international financial institutions over the past few decades have been a profound failure. Under the tutelage of the World Bank, developing countries have experienced lower growth and rising inequality compared to previous periods. In Beyond the World Bank Agenda, Howard Stein argues that the controversial institution is plagued by a myopic, neoclassical mindset that wrongly focuses on individual rationality and downplays the social and political