Balancing the development agenda : the transformation of the World Bank under James D. Wolfensohn, 1995-2005 / / Ruth Kagia, editor

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: viii, 156 pages : color illustrations, maps ; ; 26 cm
• Disciplina: 332.1/532
• Soggetto topico: Economic development; Economic assistance
• Altri autori: KagiaRuth
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Overview: Balancing the Development Agenda -- Part One Attacking Poverty -- Chapter 1 A Broader, More Integrated Approach -- Chapter 2 Putting People at the Center -- Chapter 3 Laying the Foundations for Economic Growth -- Chapter 4 Building the Country-Based Approach -- Chapter 5 Sustaining Development -- Chapter 6 Putting the "R" Back in IBRD -- Chapter 7 Supporting Debt Relief -- Chapter 8 Reforming Legal and Judicial Systems -- Chapter 9 Combating Corruption -- Part Two Leveraging through Partnerships -- Chapter 10 Opening Up the Bank -- Chapter 11 Forging New Strategic Alliances -- Chapter 12 Reinvigorating the Aid Partnership -- Part Three Renewing the Institution -- Chapter 13 Creating the Knowledge Bank -- Chapter 14 Modernizing the Lending Bank -- Chapter 15 Offering New Lending Products and Services -- Chapter 16 Changing the Bank's Culture -- Chapter 17 Managing for Results -- Chapter 18 Transforming the Bank with IT -- Part Four Challenges Ahead -- Postscript: Jim Wolfensohn's Contribution to the Development Agenda -- Development as Construction -- Two Pillars of Development -- The CDF's Intellectual Structure -- Reducing Global Poverty -- Abbreviations -- Selected Readings -- Photo Credits -- Boxes -- Gender and Development -- Voices of the Poor-A Landmark Study -- Pursuing the Millennium Development Goals -- Integrating Innovative Finance into IFC's Operations -- The Low-Income Countries Under Stress Initiative -- The Bank and Civil Society-Progress in Empowerment -- The International Development Association -- More Effective Support for Middle-Income Countries -- Development Statistics at the World Bank.
• Sommario/riassunto: Balancing the Development Agenda examines the evolution of the World Bank and its operations during the presidency of James Wolfensohn. It examines the modernization of this global economic institution which is now focused on home-grown development planning where borrowing countries are in the "driver's seat" of their own development. It takes a closer look at the major development challenges addressed by the Bank during the past decade such as debt relief, corruption, and HIV/AIDS and provides a timeline of events that have shaped the Bank into the institution it is today. Readers with an interest in the World Bank and in international development will find this a fascinating account of the Bank's transformation under the guidance of James Wolfensohn.
• Titolo autorizzato: Balancing the development agenda
• ISBN: 1-280-15161-7; 9786610151615; 0-8213-6175-9; 0-8213-6174-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910959033203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank e-Library.