Inside the World Bank: Exploding the Myth of the Monolithic Bank
Author:   Y. Xu
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2009
ISBN:  

9781349380107


Pages:   249
Publication Date:   08 November 2015
Format:   Paperback
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This book argues that the World Bank, far from being a unitary actor, is fundamentally plural, internally fragmented and dispersed, with cascading chains of delegation, authority and controls, and with considerable discretion delegated to the staff.

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Author:   Y. Xu
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2009
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781349380107


ISBN 10:   1349380105
Pages:   249
Publication Date:   08 November 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Inside the World Bank Mandates Politics and Management Regions and Sectors Centralization and Decentralization Research in DEC and in Operations  Self- and External Evaluation  Governance: Political, not Politics  Electric Power A Life at the World Bank

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Providing a rich description of many aspects of the World Bank, with details on internal operations that specialists may value, the authors posit that the World Bank is not well described by conventional principal-agent or bureaucratic models. Summing Up: Recommended. - Choice


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XU YI-CHONG and PATRICK WELLER are professors of politics at the Centre for Governance and Public Policy at Griffith University, USA.

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