Global Institutions and Development: Framing the World? (RIPE Series in Global Political Economy) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415312892 ISBN 13: 9780415312899

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

This unique book explores a very broad range of ideas and institutions and provides thorough and detailed case studies in the context of broader theoretical analysis.

Key topics such as poverty, global governance, sustainable development and the environment are closely examined, with detailed case studies of the World Bank, the WTO, the IMF, Asian Development Bank, UN Development Programme and the OECD's Development Assistance Committee.

The impact multilateral institutions such as the World Bank and IMF have on development is hotly debated, but few doubt their power and influence. This book examines the concepts that have powerfully influenced development policy and, more broadly, looks at the role of ideas in international development institutions and how they have affected current development discourse. The authors analyze why some ideas are taken up by these institutions, how the ideas travel within the systems and how they are translated into policy, modified, distorted or resisted.

About this title

About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415312892
• ISBN 13: 9780415312899
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Boas Morten, McNeill Desmond