【2013】 Governing Failure: Provisional Expertise and the Transformation of Global Development Finance
Book 图书名称: Governing Failure: Provisional Expertise and the Transformation of Global Development Finance
Author 作者: Jacqueline Best
Publisher 出版社: Cambridge University Press
Page 页数: 284
Publishing Date 出版时间: Mar 25, 2013
Language 语言: English
Size 大小: 1 MB
Format 格式: pdf 文字版
ISBN: 110703504X, 9781107035041
Edition: 第1版 搜索过论坛,没有该文档
Jacqueline Best argues that the 1990s changes in IMF, World Bank and donor policies, towards what some have called the 'Post-Washington Consensus,' were driven by an erosion of expert authority and an increasing preoccupation with policy failure. Failures such as the Asian financial crisis and the decades of despair in sub-Saharan Africa led these institutions to develop governance strategies designed to avoid failure: fostering country ownership, developing global standards, managing risk and vulnerability and measuring results. In contrast to the structural adjustment era when policymakers were confident in their solutions, this is an era of provisional governance, in which key actors are aware of the possibility of failure even as they seek to inoculate themselves against it. Best considers the implications of this shift, asking if it is a positive change and whether it is sustainable. This title is available as Open Access on Cambridge Books Online and via Knowledge Unlatched.