LEADER 03130nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910782528903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-96654-1 010 $a9786611966546 010 $a0-226-77165-2 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226771656 035 $a(CKB)1000000000579134 035 $a(EBL)408191 035 $a(OCoLC)310968834 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000111181 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11141113 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000111181 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10095912 035 $a(PQKB)10537852 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000115736 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408191 035 $a(DE-B1597)523312 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226771656 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408191 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10265947 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL196654 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000579134 100 $a20071206d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBeyond the World Bank agenda$b[electronic resource] $ean institutional approach to development /$fHoward Stein 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (353 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-77167-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [301]-325) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Illustrations -- $tAbbreviations -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tI. Reflections on the History of the World Bank Agenda -- $tII. Economic Theory and the World Bank Agenda: A Critical Evaluation -- $tIII. Beyond the World Bank Agenda: An Institutional Approach to Development -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aDespite 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 606 $aEconomic development$zDeveloping countries 606 $aInstitutional economics 610 $aworld bank, poverty, underdeveloped countries, humanitarian aid, growth, inequality, latin america, africa, asia, finance, state formation, healthcare, development, economics, government, investment, infrastructure, nonfiction, lending, structural adjustment, money, banking, imf, neoliberalism, social capital, health policy. 615 0$aEconomic development 615 0$aInstitutional economics. 676 $a338.9009172/4 700 $aStein$b Howard$f1952-$01515753 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782528903321 996 $aBeyond the World Bank agenda$93800322 997 $aUNINA