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020 _a0813326087 (hbk. : alk. paper)
020 _a0813326079 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 _a(OCoLC)30970437
035 _a(OCoLC)ocm30970437
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050 0 0 _aHG3881.5.W57
_bG46 1994
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100 1 _aGeorge, Susan.
_924812
245 1 0 _aFaith and credit :
_bthe World Bank's secular empire /
_cSusan George and Fabrizio Sabelli.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aBoulder :
_bWestview Press,
_c1994.
300 _a282 p. ;
_c21 cm.
500 _aSpine title: Faith & credit.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [254]-275) and index.
505 0 0 _g1.
_tIn the Beginning --
_g2.
_tThe Other Ancestor --
_g3.
_tStructural Salvation --
_tInterlude: The Savage Mind --
_g4.
_tFalse Prophesies --
_g5.
_tThe Fundamentalist Freedom Fighter --
_g6.
_tL'Esprit de Corps --
_tInterlude: The Namland Coup --
_g7.
_tGovernance: The Last Refuge? --
_g8.
_tThe Environmental Battlefield --
_tInterlude: The Clans --
_g9.
_tIntellectual Leadership and the H Street Heretics --
_g10.
_tRuling the Realm --
_g11.
_tThe Bank Perceived: Images and Self-Images --
_tInterlude: Dr. Gott's Formula --
_tConclusion: 'The Thing'.
520 _aIn its fifty years of existence, the World Bank has influenced more lives in the Third World than any other institution, yet it remains largely unknown, even enigmatic. Although it claims to be a purely economic institution, the Bank wields enormous political power and has succeeded in making its own view of development appear to be the norm.
520 8 _aIn this richly illuminating and lively overview, Susan George and Fabrizio Sabelli examine the Bank's policies, its internal culture, and the interests it serves. They reveal a supranational, non-democratic, and extremely powerful institution that functions much like the medieval church or a monolithic political party, relying on rigid doctrine, hierarchy, and a rejection of dissenting ideas to perpetuate its influence.
520 8 _aIts faith in orthodox economics, the idea of perpetual growth, and the capacity of the market to solve development problems is incompatible with its professed goals of helping the poor and protecting the environment. Faced with these contradictions, the Bank is increasingly struggling to reconcile the roles of commercial lender, policymaker, and great humanitarian.
520 8 _aThis book is crucial reading for any one interested in development and economy of the Third World, especially for international, political, and development economists.
610 2 0 _aWorld Bank.
_910370
650 0 _aEconomic assistance
_zDeveloping countries.
_9202
650 0 _aEconomic development.
_99273
700 1 _aSabelli, Fabrizio.
_924813
740 0 1 _aFaith & credit.
900 _bTOC
942 _2lcc
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