Reinventing the World Bank

Book Overview

Largely ignored for decades, the World Bank increasingly finds itself at the center of an international political maelstrom. Attacked by the Right as the last bastion of socialism and by the Left as an instrument of economic imperialism, the Bank has struggled to adapt to a changing post-Cold War era. Still the world's leading development institution in terms of size and influence, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development's failure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801487927
• ISBN13: 9780801487927
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher