Inside the World Bank

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

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   Pages 23-46

4. Politics and Management

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   Pages 47-82

5. Regions and Sectors

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   Pages 83-104

6. Centralization and Decentralization

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   Pages 105-131

7. Research in DEC and in Operations

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   Pages 133-153

8. Self- and External Evaluation

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   Pages 155-174

9. Governance: Political, not Politics

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   Pages 175-192

10. Electric Power

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    Pages 193-215

11. A Life at the World Bank

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    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.

• bank
• Governance
• World Bank
• banking

"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

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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