02899nam 2200673 a 450 991096127180332120200520144314.09786611966546978128196654412819665419780226771656022677165210.7208/9780226771656(CKB)1000000000579134(EBL)408191(OCoLC)310968834(SSID)ssj0000111181(PQKBManifestationID)11141113(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000111181(PQKBWorkID)10095912(PQKB)10537852(StDuBDS)EDZ0000115736(DE-B1597)523312(DE-B1597)9780226771656(Au-PeEL)EBL408191(CaPaEBR)ebr10265947(CaONFJC)MIL196654(MiAaPQ)EBC408191(Perlego)1834135(EXLCZ)99100000000057913420071206d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBeyond the World Bank agenda an institutional approach to development /Howard Stein1st ed.Chicago University of Chicago Press20081 online resource (353 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780226771670 0226771679 Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-325) and index.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 -- IndexDespite 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 politicalEconomic developmentDeveloping countriesInstitutional economicsEconomic developmentInstitutional economics.338.9009172/4Stein Howard1952-1806342MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910961271803321Beyond the World Bank agenda4355471UNINA