Banking on the poor : : the World Bank and world poverty
The amount of money that the World Bank lends to developing countries every year -- which rose from less than $1 billion to over $12 billion during Robert McNamara's presidency -- makes it the world's preeminent international development institution. But the critical question addressed in...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass.:
MIT Press,
c1983..
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| Online Access: | https://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780262010702.pdf |
| Summary: | The amount of money that the World Bank lends to developing countries every year -- which rose from less than $1 billion to over $12 billion during Robert McNamara's presidency -- makes it the world's preeminent international development institution. But the critical question addressed in this book is concerned with the purpose and the results of these loans: How effectively ahs the Bank stimulated growth and reduced poverty in the Third World? |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 282 p.; 24 cm.. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0262010704 9780262010702 |