Concerns about the scope of World Bank/IMF research
Recommended reading
- The World Bank’s knowledge roles: dominating development debates
- ( Bretton Woods Project , 2004)
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This briefing critically reviews the World Bank’s position as a "Knowledge Bank". It points out that the Bank’s knowledge is seen by many as propaganda for a particular world view.
Observations made...
- Evaluation of the Development Gateway
- ( A. Jha; V. Seymour; S. Sims / Bretton Woods Project , 2004)
- This critical study prepared for the Bretton Woods Project has found that the Development Gateway, an internet portal on development issues initiated by the World Bank, presents a biased picture of de...
- Blinding with science or encouraging debate: how World Bank analysis determines PRSP policies
- ( A. Wilks; F. Lefrancois / Bretton Woods Project , 2002)
- This paper argues for a more inclusive approach toward World Bank research and policy analysis, emphasising that NGOs, parliamentarians and other interested parties should focus more attention on the...
- Development through the looking glass: the Knowledge Bank in cyber-space
- ( A. Wilks / Bretton Woods Project , 2001)
- This article looks at the World Bank's role as a Knowledge Bank. The article in particular investigates the Global Development Gateway. The article finds that:the Gateway it is in fact concei...
- An agenda for the New Development Economics
- ( J.E. Stiglitz / United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development , 2001)
- This article discusses the new development agenda and means of challenging the reigning neoliberal paradigm. The limitations of this competitive equilibrium model are widely recognized; it provides an...
- The "Washington Consensus" and development economics
- ( M. Weisbrot / United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development , 2001)
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This article focuses on the role that economist and policy analysts can play in shaping the parameters of the current debate in the direction development economics should take.
The article finds tha...
- Overstretched and underloved: World Bank faces strategy decisions
- ( A. Wilks / Bretton Woods Project , 2001)
- This paper follows in the wake of a World Bank ’s restructuring and strategic planning process, which became publicly visible when the press caught onto a leaked memo expressing Bank staff dissatisfa...
- The World Bank and the state: a recipe for change?
- ( N. Hildyard / The Corner House, UK , 2000)
- This article critiques the role of the World Bank as a research organisation and opinion former. This role has become increasingly prominent as the Bank has promoted itself as being a "Knowledge Bank"...
- Economists and power at the World Bank
- ( H. Campodonico / Development Information Update , 2000)
- This article discusses some of the conflicts existing between the different economic approaches within multilateral organisations such as the World Bank (WB) and, to a lesser degree, the International...
- Knowledge for Development: Economic Science, Economic Policy and Economic Advice
- ( J. Stiglitz / Development Economics Vice Presidency, World Bank , 1998)
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Focuses on the role of knowledge and information in development.
Discusses the role played in development by knowledge, including technical advances like invention of the telegraph or the discovery...
