Reinventing the World Bank
By: edited by Jonathan R. Pincus & Jeffrey A. Winters.
Contributors: Pincus, Jonathan.; Winters, Jeffrey A. 1960-
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: World Bank -- Congresses; World Bank; Loans, Foreign -- Developing countries -- Congresses; Economic development -- Developing countries -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: Attacked by the Right as the last bastion of socialism and by the Left as an instrument of economic imperialism, the World Bank has struggled to adapt to the post-Cold War era. Written by leading North American and British scholars, this book offers a critical examination of the World Bank.
Notes: Extensively revised and updated papers presented at a conference held in Evanston, Ill. in the spring of 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-249) and index.
Table of contents: title: Reinventing the World Bank / Jonathan R. Pincus and Jeffrey A. Winters; title: The World Bank under James Wolfensohn / Bruce Rich; title: The changing anatomy of governance of the World Bank / Devesh Kapur; title: State simplification and institution building in a World Bank-finananced development project / Jonathan R. Pincus; title: Criminal debt / Jeffrey A. Winters; title: The World Bank inspection panel and the limits of accountability / Jonathan A. Fox; title: Corruption and governance in early capitalism: World Bank strategies and their limitations / Mushtaq H. Khan; title: Reassessing the role of the World Bank in sub-Saharan Africa / John Sender; title: The World Bank's speculation on social capital / Ben Fine; title: Conclusion / Jonathan R. Pincus and Jeffrey A. Winters.