The World Bank and Transferring Development
Policy Movement through Technical Assistance
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Beschreibung
This book analyses the World Bank’s provision of technical assistance from 1946 to the present day. It argues that the relational dynamics between technical assistance provider and recipient affects the legitimacy of policy norms travelling from the ‘international’ to the ‘domestic’. Beginning from the constructivist position that ‘development’ is a social construct, the author contends that successful policy movement via technical assistance depends on the recipient’s perception of the validity of policy reforms, with perception being influenced by the way those ideas and practices are presented, packaged, and transferred. In advancing this argument, Bazbauers analyses four pillars of World Bank technical assistance: technical assistance components (advisory services incorporated within lending operations), stand-alone technical assistance projects (projects designed to solely deliver technical assistance), survey missions (activities involved in measuring the development status ofdeveloping countries), and training institutes (the courses of the Economic Development Institute and World Bank Institute).
Makes a significant contribution to our understanding of World Bank policiesDemonstrates that the collaborative design of projects by the Bank and country officials is essential to their success
Explores four core pillars of technical assistance
Makes a significant contribution to our understanding of World Bank policies Demonstrates that the collaborative design of projects by the Bank and country officials is essential to their success Explores four core pillars of technical assistance Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
Adrian Robert Bazbauers
Themen in »The World Bank and Transferring Development«
Development assistance Policy transfer Technical assistance Policy norms Global governance Training institutions Development transfer Loans Policy mobilities World Bank International organizations development policy development aid banking