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OverviewA great deal of public attention has been focused on multilateral institutions such as the World Bank, IMF and WTO. This title offers a critical guide to these and other major institutions - the Regional Development Banks and UNDP - that make up the multilateral development system. It analyses how they operate with respect to financing and lending, the various roles that they play and related changes in their policy concerns - such as structural adjustment, sustainable development and governance. The emphasis is on politics within and also between multilateral institutions, analysing the relations between, for example, the World Bank and UNDP. NGOs are also shown to be important actors, and the role they have played in recent years is critically assessed. The book concludes with some emerging trends: the ""privatization"" of the system, regionalization, and ""the politics of protest"". Authors Boas and McNeill do not simply take the policies of multilateral institutions at face value, but ask how and why these policies came into existence. They seek to promote critical, but informed, engagement both with the member states of multilateral institutions and the institutions themselves. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Morten Bøås , Desmond McNeill , Desmond McNeill (both of the Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo, Norway)Publisher: Pluto Press Imprint: Pluto Press Dimensions: Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.50cm Weight: 0.409kg ISBN: 9780745319216ISBN 10: 0745319211 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 20 February 2003 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsLists of tables and figures Acknowledgement List of abbreviations 1. Introduction: a ‘Critical Engagement’ Approach to Multilateral Institutions 2. The Structural Design of Multilateral Institutions 3. The Changing Priorities of Multilateral Institutions: From Technical Aid to Good Governance 4. The Politics of Multilateral Institutions – Unpacking the Black Box 5. The Future of Multilateral Institutions References IndexReviews'A fine and highly valuable achievement' -- Red Pepper Author InformationDesmond McNeil and Morten Boas are both affiliated to the Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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