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Author:   Morten Boas ,  Desmond McNeill (University of Oslo, Norway) ,  Desmond McNeill (University of Oslo, Norway)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780415312899

ISBN 10:   0415312892
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   23 October 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction, Morten Bøås, Desmond McNeill; Chapter 2 The development discourse in the multilateral system, Knut G. Nustad; Chapter 3 Contesting policy ideas from below, Norman Long; Chapter 4 The informal sector, Desmond McNeill; Chapter 5 Policy stories and knowledge-based regimes, Ole Jacob Sending; Chapter 6 The World Bank and the environment, Robert Wade; Chapter 7 Sustainable development and the World Trade Organization, Morten Bøås, Jonas Vevatne; Chapter 8 Social capital and the World Bank, Desmond McNeill; Chapter 9 Hegemony, neoliberal ‘good governance’ and the International Monetary Fund, Ian Taylor; Chapter 10 Balancing between East and West, Janne Jokinen; Chapter 11 ‘Good governance’ and the Development Assistance Committee, Ken Masujima; Chapter 12 The evolution of the concept of poverty in multilateral financial institutions, Alice Sindzingre; Chapter 13 The role of ideas in the United Nations Development Programme, Asuncion Lera St Clair; Chapter 14 The power of ideas, James J. Hentz; Chapter 15 Ideas and institutions, Morten Bøås, Desmond McNeill;

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""""Global Institutions and Development's impressive scope covers a wide range of policy ideas and institutions, skilfully interweaving original case studies with cutting edge conceptual insights."" -Jonathan Fox, University of California, Santa Cruz ""The impact of multilateral institutions on development is hotly debated, but few doubt their power and influence. This collection looks at the role of ideasin such institutions: why some particular ideas are taken up, how they travel within the multilateral system, how they are translated into policy, modified, distorted, or resisted.."" -Business Horizons

Global Institutions and Development's impressive scope covers a wide range of policy ideas and institutions, skilfully interweaving original case studies with cutting edge conceptual insights. <br>-Jonathan Fox, University of California, Santa Cruz <br> The impact of multilateral institutions on development is hotly debated, but few doubt their power and influence. This collection looks at the role of ideasin such institutions: why some particular ideas are taken up, how they travel within the multilateral system, how they are translated into policy, modified, distorted, or resisted.. <br>-Business Horizons <br>

Global Institutions and Development's impressive scope covers a wide range of policy ideas and institutions, skilfully interweaving original case studies with cutting edge conceptual insights. -Jonathan Fox, University of California, Santa Cruz The impact of multilateral institutions on development is hotly debated, but few doubt their power and influence. This collection looks at the role of ideasin such institutions: why some particular ideas are taken up, how they travel within the multilateral system, how they are translated into policy, modified, distorted, or resisted.. -Business Horizons

"""""Global Institutions and Development's impressive scope covers a wide range of policy ideas and institutions, skilfully interweaving original case studies with cutting edge conceptual insights."" -Jonathan Fox, University of California, Santa Cruz ""The impact of multilateral institutions on development is hotly debated, but few doubt their power and influence. This collection looks at the role of ideasin such institutions: why some particular ideas are taken up, how they travel within the multilateral system, how they are translated into policy, modified, distorted, or resisted.."" -Business Horizons"

Author Information

Morten Bøås is a Researcher at Fafo – Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway., Desmond McNeill is Research Professor, and former Director, at the SUM (Centre for Development and the Environment), University of Oslo, Norway.

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