The World Bank and urban development:from projects to policy
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Routledge,
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Publisher Address: | London New York |
Publication Dates: | 2006. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Routledge studies in development and society ; 11 |
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Carrier Form: | xvii, 229 p.: ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
0415344395 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780415344395 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780203494080 |
Index Number: | F831 |
CLC: | F831.2 |
Call Number: | F831.2/R178 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-219) and index. Introduction -- Theorizing the World Bank and development -- Toward social lending : shifts in the World Bank's development thinking -- The search for an urban agenda at the World Bank -- The fall of poverty alleviation : the politics of urban lending at the World Bank -- Beyond global and local : a critical analysis of the World Bank urban programs in Zimbabwe -- Globalization, neo-liberalism, and the politics of the bank's current urban agenda -- Conclusion. |