World Development Report 1997: The State in a Changing World

by World Bank Group and World Bank

According to The World Bank the state is under attack. Its freedom in policy-making is being circumscribed by globalization and its dominion in the domestic arena is being challenged on many fronts. New technology and accumulated governmental failure have pulled the private sector into many areas which were considered the preserve of the state, and non-governmental organizations have intervened to deliver services better, faster, and cheaper than...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195211146
• ISBN13: 9780195211146
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.0" x 10.5"