Beyond the World Bank Agenda

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 Beyond the World Bank Agenda , Howard Stein argues that the controversial institution is plagued by a myopic, neoclassical mindset that w