In a report presented at the UN Conference on Financing for Development in March 2002, the World Bank claims that the … policies. However, the World Bank's success story rests on an extremely weak foundation: First, the institution's contribution … the distribution of World Bank financing. Second, the picture portrayed in the report takes a bad turn if only two …

The article criticizes the World Bank as overy optimistic concerning its ability to raise the effectiveness of aid by …

Financial systems all over the world have grown dramatically over recent decades. But is more finance necessarily …