The World Bank and Transferring Development
Policy Movement through Technical Assistance
Authors: Bazbauers, Adrian Robert
Free Preview- Makes a significant contribution to our understanding of World Bank policiesDemonstrates that the collaborative design of projects by the Bank and country officials is essential to their success
- Explores four core pillars of technical assistance
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- About this book
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This book analyses the World Bank’s provision of technical assistance from 1946 to the present day. It argues that the relational dynamics between technical assistance provider and recipient affects the legitimacy of policy norms travelling from the ‘international’ to the ‘domestic’. Beginning from the constructivist position that ‘development’ is a social construct, the author contends that successful policy movement via technical assistance depends on the recipient’s perception of the validity of policy reforms, with perception being influenced by the way those ideas and practices are presented, packaged, and transferred. In advancing this argument, Bazbauers analyses four pillars of World Bank technical assistance: technical assistance components (advisory services incorporated within lending operations), stand-alone technical assistance projects (projects designed to solely deliver technical assistance), survey missions (activities involved in measuring the development status of developing countries), and training institutes (the courses of the Economic Development Institute and World Bank Institute).
- About the authors
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Adrian Robert Bazbauers is Lecturer in Government and Politics in the School of Government & Policy at the University of Canberra, Australia. His research interests include the World Bank, global development, policy movement, and crises in capitalism.
- Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Transferring Development
Pages 1-28
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Policy Movement and Technical Assistance
Pages 29-56
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The World Bank
Pages 57-101
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Technical Assistance Components
Pages 103-139
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Technical Assistance Loans
Pages 141-173
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The World Bank and Transferring Development
- Book Subtitle
- Policy Movement through Technical Assistance
- Authors
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- Adrian Robert Bazbauers
- Series Title
- International Political Economy Series
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-58160-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-58160-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-58159-0
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-86336-8
- Series ISSN
- 2662-2483
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VIII, 258
- Topics
