A Chance for the World Bank

By (author) Jozef Ritzen Foreword by Joseph Stiglitz

Publication date:

15 March 2005

Publisher

Anthem Press

Dimensions:

234x155mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781843311614

This book is an authoritative and radical manifesto for urgently needed changes in development cooperation. 'A Chance for the World Bank' provides an overview of the challenges faced by the World Bank, and explores how it has organized itself to deal with its mission. It proposes that, unless radical steps are taken by the World Bank, the first decade of the century will witness a ever-widening gulf between the poor and rich countries.

List of Illustrations and Maps; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword by Joseph Stiglitz; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Off on the Wrong Foot; Part I: Why Development Assistance: Setting the Stage; 2. Poverty Remains a Concern; 3. Globalization Does Not Automatically Lead to Convergence; Part II: The World Bank: A Close Encounter: 4. Shifts in Development Paradigms; 5. Decision-Making at the World Bank; 6. The Different Faces of the World Bank; 7. Partners in Development Assistance; 8. Civil Society and Development; 9. Successes and Failures; 10. A Chance for the World Bank; Notes

'A persuasive agenda for development reform, written with authority and insight.' —Paul Collier, Professor of Economics, University of Oxford