Beyond the World Bank agenda : an institutional approach to development / Howard Stein.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-325) and index.

I. Reflections on the History of the World Bank Agenda -- Ch. 1. The Ascendancy of Economics in the World Bank, 1944-1979: From Infrastructure to Structural Adjustment -- Ch. 2. From Structural Adjustment to "Poverty Reduction": Adjustment to the Crisis and the Crisis of Adjustment after 1980 -- II. Economic Theory and the World Bank Agenda: A Critical Evaluation -- Ch. 3. Economic Theory and Orthodox Reform: Critical Reflections on Structural Adjustment -- Ch. 4. Institutions and the "Missing Link" in the World Bank's Strategy: Toward a Critique -- III. Beyond the World Bank Agenda: An Institutional Approach to Development -- Ch. 5. Building on Lost Foundations: The Institutional Matrix and Socioeconomic Development -- Ch. 6. State Formation as an Institutional Phenomenon -- Ch. 7. An Institutional Approach to Financial Development -- Ch. 8. Transcending Neoliberal Health Policies -- Ch. 9. Conclusion: Beyond the World Bank Agenda.

"In Beyond the World Bank Agenda, Howard Stein argues that the controversial institution is plagued by a myopic, neoclassical mindset that wrongly focuses on individual rationality and downplays the social and political contexts that can either facilitate or impede development." "This volume proposes an alternative vision of institutional development with applications to finance, state formation, and health care. It thus provides a holistic, contextualized solution to the problems of developing nations. Beyond the World Bank Agenda will be essential reading for anyone concerned with forging a new strategy for sustainable development."--BOOK JACKET.