Inside the World Bank : exploding the myth of the monolithic bank

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Inside the World Bank : exploding the myth of the monolithic bank

Xu Yi-chong and Patrick Weller

Palgrave Macmillan, c2009

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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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.

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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