. Marginalization from the world economy and increases in absolute poverty are causing countries to degenerate into failed, oppressive …

1. The World Bank and Wolfensohn era reforms -- 2. The ABCs of the World Bank -- 3. A framework for modeling Bank …This fascinating book examines the World Bank's capacity for change, illustrating the influence of overlapping … change and continuity at the World Bank during the presidencies of James Wolfensohn (1995-2005), Paul Wolfowitz (2005 …

South. Encouraged by recent successful opposition to neoliberalism, the authors finally propose ideas for a world where … Consensus' -- 5. Aid to development and the bipolar world -- 6. ODA after the Cold War : less money at tougher conditions -- 7 … -- 13. Textiles and apparel : double standards of adjustment and transition -- 14. Towards a more equal world order …

'The spectacular rise in Asian economies has reshuffled the distribution of world economic power, while the Global … Financial Crisis brought it to the fore. The global economic and financial architecture, inherited from World War II, has not … GATT, and the World Bank. Today, this economic architecture is ill-fitted to the global economy. The balance of financial …

exporting. Chapters on East Asia cover the increasing importance of China in world trade and links between trade and environment …