Change and Continuity at the World Bank: Reforming Paradoxes of Economic Development

By Peter J Hammer and Peter J. Hammer

This fascinating book examines the World Bank's capacity for change, illustrating the influence of overlapping political, organizational and epistemic constraints. Through comprehensive historical and economic analysis, Peter J. Hammer illuminates the difficulties faced by recent attempts at reform and demonstrates the ways in which the training and socialization of Bank economists work to define the policy space available for meaningful change.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781009260
• ISBN13: 9781781009260
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 200 Pages