World Bank Structure and Policies

Name: World Bank Structure and Policies
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ISBN: 9780521029018

ISBN-10: 0521029015

ISBN-13: 9780521029018

Edition: 2006

Authors: Christopher L. Gilbert, David Vines, David Vines

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This text argues that the World Bank's greatest asset is an accumulated knowledge/experience of the development process. The contributors propose a shift in priority, away from lending, towards advisory assistance to governments.

Book details

List price: $89.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/2/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



List of figures


List of tables


List of contributors


Acknowledgements


Introduction




The World Bank: an overview of some major issues




The World Bank's Structure: The Bank as an Institution



Positioning the World Bank




The World Bank and poverty reduction: past, present and future




Why the World Bank should be involved in development research




The challenges of multilateralism and governance




The Effectiveness of World Bank Assistance



The World Bank and structural adjustment: lessons from the 1980s




The implications of foreign aid fungibility for development assistance




Aid, growth, the incentive regime and poverty reduction




How policies and institutions affect project performance: microeconomic evidence on aid, policies and investment productivity




Increasing aid effectiveness in Africa? The World Bank and sector investment programmes




The World Bank, conditionality and the Comprehensive Development Framework




Conditionality, dependence and coordination: three current debates in aid policy



Index