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Author:

Cochrane, Glynn, author.

Title:

Management by seclusion : a critique of World Bank promises to end global poverty / Glynn Cochrane.

Publisher:

Berghahn Books,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

viii, 181 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

World Bank--Developing countries.
World Bank.
Economic assistance--Developing countries.
Poverty--Developing countries.
Economic assistance.
Poverty.
Developing countries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-176) and index.

Contents:

Money-moving -- Reputation management -- Disciplines -- Public service -- Social soundness analysis.

Summary:

50 years ago, World Bank President Robert McNamara promised to end poverty. Alleviation was to rely on economic growth, resulting in higher incomes stimulated by Bank loans processed by deskbound Washington staff, trickling down to the poorest. Instead, child poverty and homelessness are on the increase everywhere. In this book, anthropologist and former World Bank Advisor Glynn Cochrane argues that instead of Washington's "management by seclusion," poverty alleviation requires personal engagement with the poorest by helpers with hands-on local and cultural skills. Here, the author argues, the insights provided by anthropological fieldwork have a crucial role to play.-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1789201330
9781789201338
1789201314
9781789201314

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1041029975

LCCN:

2018053522

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)