{"product_id":"beyond-the-world-bank-agenda-howard-stein-9780226771670","title":"Beyond the World Bank Agenda: An Institutional Approach to Development","description":"Despite massive investment of money and research aimed at ameliorating third-world poverty, the development strategies of the international financial institutions over the past few decades have been a profound failure. Under the tutelage of the World Bank, developing countries have experienced lower growth and rising inequality compared to previous periods. In \u003ci\u003eBeyond the World Bank Agenda\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e Drawing on the examples of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and transitional European economies, this revolutionary volume proposes an alternative vision of institutional development with chapter-length applications to finance, state formation, and health care to provide a holistic, contextualized solution to the problems of developing nations. \u003ci\u003eBeyond the World Bank Agenda\u003c\/i\u003e will be essential reading for anyone concerned with forging a new strategy for sustainable development. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Howard Stein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226771679\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226771670\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.80w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/12\/2008 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2009","brand":"Howard Stein","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086426517759,"sku":"9780226771670","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_80b0326b-0346-4843-b956-f6047b5760ef.jpg?v=1769094605","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-the-world-bank-agenda-howard-stein-9780226771670","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}