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Balancing the Development Agenda : The Transformation of the World Bank Under James Wolfensohn, 1995-2005.
Title:
Balancing the Development Agenda : The Transformation of the World Bank Under James Wolfensohn, 1995-2005.
Author:
Kagia, Ruth.
ISBN:
9780821361740
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (168 pages)
Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Overview: Balancing the Development Agenda -- Part One Attacking Poverty -- Chapter 1 A Broader, More Integrated Approach -- Chapter 2 Putting People at the Center -- Chapter 3 Laying the Foundations for Economic Growth -- Chapter 4 Building the Country-Based Approach -- Chapter 5 Sustaining Development -- Chapter 6 Putting the "R" Back in IBRD -- Chapter 7 Supporting Debt Relief -- Chapter 8 Reforming Legal and Judicial Systems -- Chapter 9 Combating Corruption -- Part Two Leveraging through Partnerships -- Chapter 10 Opening Up the Bank -- Chapter 11 Forging New Strategic Alliances -- Chapter 12 Reinvigorating the Aid Partnership -- Part Three Renewing the Institution -- Chapter 13 Creating the Knowledge Bank -- Chapter 14 Modernizing the Lending Bank -- Chapter 15 Offering New Lending Products and Services -- Chapter 16 Changing the Bank's Culture -- Chapter 17 Managing for Results -- Chapter 18 Transforming the Bank with IT -- Part Four Challenges Ahead -- Postscript: Jim Wolfensohn's Contribution to the Development Agenda -- Development as Construction -- Two Pillars of Development -- The CDF's Intellectual Structure -- Reducing Global Poverty -- Abbreviations -- Selected Readings -- Photo Credits -- Boxes -- Gender and Development -- Voices of the Poor-A Landmark Study -- Pursuing the Millennium Development Goals -- Integrating Innovative Finance into IFC's Operations -- The Low-Income Countries Under Stress Initiative -- The Bank and Civil Society-Progress in Empowerment -- The International Development Association -- More Effective Support for Middle-Income Countries -- Development Statistics at the World Bank.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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