Beyond the World Bank Agenda
Subtitle: An Institutional Approach to Development
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: July 1, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780226771670
Subjects: Development - Business Development; Development - Economic Development; Economic Conditions; Political Science / Economic Conditions; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Developing countries; Economic development; Institutional economics; Politics/International Relations
Description: Under the tutelage of the World Bank, developing countries have experienced lower growth and rising inequality, compared to previous periods. Stein argues that the Bank is plagued by a myopic, neoclassical mindset that wrongly focuses on individual rationality and downplays the social and political contexts that influence development.