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Author:   Jo Marie Griesgraber ,  Bernhard G. Gunter
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Edition:   illustrated edition
Volume:   3
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.260kg
ISBN:  

9780745310497

ISBN 10:   0745310494
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   20 April 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The Challenge of Africa`s Socioeconomic Development Owodunni Teriba 2. An Alternative to Structural Adjustment C.P. Chandrasekhar 3. The World Bank's Focus on Poverty Barend A. de Vries 4. Looking Before they Leap: Environmental and Social Impact Assessement Jacklyn Cock and Eddie Webster 5. Human Rights, Democracy and Good Governance: Stretching the World Bank's Policy Frontiers David Gillies 6. Foreign Assistance as Catalyst for Domestic Coalition Building Daniel C. Milder Bibliography Glossary Name Index Subject Index ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS Owodunni Teriba is in the UN Economic Commission for Africa, where he has been Chief of the Socio Economic Research Division since 1989 in Addis Ababa. C P Chandrasekhar is Associate Professor at the Centre for Economic Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University in India. Barend de Vries is retired from the World Bank where he worked from 1956 to 1984 as an economist and chief of division in Latin America. Eddie Webster is Professor and Head of departmenrt of Sociology at the University of Witswatersrand South Africa. Jacklyn Cock is Professor of Sociology also at the University of Witswatersrand. David Gillies has been a Consultant for the North South Institute, the Canadian Development International Agency RETHINKING BRETTON WOODS SERIES Volume I. Promoting Development: Effective Global Institutions for the Twenty–first Century Volume II. Development: New Paradigms and Principles for the Twenty–first Century Volume III. The World Bank: Lending on a Global Scale Volume IV. The World's Monetary System: Towards Stability and Sustainability in the Twenty–first Century Volume V. World Trade: Toward Fair and Free Trade in the Twenty–first Century

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Jo Marie Griesgraber is the Executive Director of the New Rules for Global Finance Coalition, a Washington-based international network of activists and researchers concerned with reforms of the international financial architecture. Previously, Dr. Griesgraber was Director of Policy at Oxfam America where she supervised advocacy programs on international trade, humanitarian response, global funding for basic education and extractive industries. Dr. Gunter is an international scholar in development economics. His areas of expertise include development macroeconomics, debt sustainability analysis, and the social impact of globalization. He is also interested in analyzing poverty reduction policies, macroeconomic development strategies, and the economic challenges of climate change.

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