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Inside the World Bank

Exploding the Myth of the Monolithic Bank

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  • © 2009

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  1. Xu Yi-chong
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  2. Patrick Weller
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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The World Bank’s World

    • Xu Yi-chong, Patrick Weller
    Pages 1-21

  3. The Mandates and the Players

    • Xu Yi-chong, Patrick Weller
    Pages 23-46

  4. Politics and Management

    • Xu Yi-chong, Patrick Weller
    Pages 47-82

  5. Regions and Sectors

    • Xu Yi-chong, Patrick Weller
    Pages 83-104

  6. Centralization and Decentralization

    • Xu Yi-chong, Patrick Weller
    Pages 105-131

  7. Research in DEC and in Operations

    • Xu Yi-chong, Patrick Weller
    Pages 133-153

  8. Self- and External Evaluation

    • Xu Yi-chong, Patrick Weller
    Pages 155-174

  9. Governance: Political, not Politics

    • Xu Yi-chong, Patrick Weller
    Pages 175-192

  10. Electric Power

    • Xu Yi-chong, Patrick Weller
    Pages 193-215

  11. A Life at the World Bank

    • Xu Yi-chong, Patrick Weller
    Pages 217-230

  12. Conclusion: The Bank Is Less Than the Sum of Its Parts

    • Xu Yi-chong, Patrick Weller
    Pages 231-235

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 237-249
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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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"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

About the authors

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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