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Cambridge University Press Books

The World Bank: Structures and Policies

This conference volume was published under the auspices of the Global Economic Institutions project. The World Bank is dedicated to the promotion of sustainable economic development and to poverty reduction throughout the developing world. It faces new challenges as capital shortages are replaced by large but volatile capital flows. The contributors to this volume argue the Bank�s greatest asset is its accumulated knowledge and experience of the development process, and propose that it organise itself around the concept of a �Knowledge Bank�. They propose a shift in priority, away from lending with conditionality imposed on borrowing governments, towards assistance to governments in devising good development strategies. Part I examines the existing structure of the Bank and considers the World Bank as an institution. In Part II the effectiveness of World Bank assistance is evaluated. This book provides essential reading for politicians, civil servants, workers in the non-official sector, and academics and students involved or interested in the development process.

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Vines, D and C Gilbert (eds) (2000), ‘The World Bank: Structures and Policies‘, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/world-bank-structures-and-policies

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Stiglitz, J, ‘Introduction: Structures and Policies‘, in Vines, D and C Gilbert (eds), The World Bank: Structures and Policies, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/world-bank-structures-and-policies

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Vines, D and C Gilbert (2000), ‘The World Bank: an overview of some major issues‘, in Vines, D and C Gilbert (eds), The World Bank: Structures and Policies, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/world-bank-structures-and-policies

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Powell, A, D Vines and C Gilbert (2000), ‘Positioning the World Bank‘, in Vines, D and C Gilbert (eds), The World Bank: Structures and Policies, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/world-bank-structures-and-policies

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Vines, D and R Kanbur (2000), ‘The World Bank and poverty reduction: past, present and future‘, in Vines, D and C Gilbert (eds), The World Bank: Structures and Policies, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/world-bank-structures-and-policies

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Squire, L (2000), ‘Why the World Bank should be involved in development research‘, in Vines, D and C Gilbert (eds), The World Bank: Structures and Policies, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/world-bank-structures-and-policies

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Woods, N (2000), ‘The challenges of multilateralism and governance‘, in Vines, D and C Gilbert (eds), The World Bank: Structures and Policies, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/world-bank-structures-and-policies

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Keely, L and F Ferreira (2000), ‘The World Bank and structural adjustment: lessons from the 1980s‘, in Vines, D and C Gilbert (eds), The World Bank: Structures and Policies, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/world-bank-structures-and-policies

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Swaroop, V and S Devarajan (2000), ‘The implications of foreign aid fungibility for development assistance‘, in Vines, D and C Gilbert (eds), The World Bank: Structures and Policies, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/world-bank-structures-and-policies

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Dollar, D and C Burnside (2000), ‘Aid, growth, the incentive regime and poverty reduction‘, in Vines, D and C Gilbert (eds), The World Bank: Structures and Policies, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/world-bank-structures-and-policies

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Kaufmann, D and J Isham (2000), ‘How policies and institutions affect project performance: microeconomic evidence on aid, policies and investment productivity‘, in Vines, D and C Gilbert (eds), The World Bank: Structures and Policies, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/world-bank-structures-and-policies

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Jones, S (2000), ‘Increasing aid effectiveness in Africa? The World Bank and sector investment programmes‘, in Vines, D and C Gilbert (eds), The World Bank: Structures and Policies, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/world-bank-structures-and-policies

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Roy, A, R Hopkins, A Powell and C Gilbert (2000), ‘The World Bank, conditionality and the Comprehensive Development Framework‘, in Vines, D and C Gilbert (eds), The World Bank: Structures and Policies, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/world-bank-structures-and-policies

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Collier, P (2000), ‘Conditionality, dependence and coordination: three current debates in aid policy‘, in Vines, D and C Gilbert (eds), The World Bank: Structures and Policies, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/world-bank-structures-and-policies