Inside the World Bank: Exploding the Myth of the Monolithic Bank

Author:   Y. Xu ,  Patrick Weller
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9780230616721


Pages:   249
Publication Date:   02 October 2009
Format:   Hardback
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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 ,  Patrick Weller
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.485kg
ISBN:  

9780230616721


ISBN 10:   0230616720
Pages:   249
Publication Date:   02 October 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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<p>&#8220;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.&#8221;-- Choice


<p> 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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