Corruption, Politics and Development: The Role of the World Bank (International Political Economy Series)

Marquette, H.

ISBN 10: 0333999312 / ISBN 13: 9780333999318

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2003

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Argues that the World Bank should focus in its strengths and avoid the more controversial components of its anti-corruption programme, which threaten its credibility. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 455. . 2003. 2003rd Edition. hardcover. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Corruption, Politics and Development: The Role of the World Bank (International Political Economy Series)
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333999312
• ISBN 13: 9780333999318
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In 1997, the World Bank announced a strategy to help its borrowers combat corruption, despite earlier claims that work of this kin violated the Bank's non-political mandate. Despite many attempts to reshape corruption as an economic issue rather than a political one, the non-political mandate has never been satisfactorily addressed. Heather Marquette argues that the Bank should focus in its strengths and avoid the more controversial components of its anti-corruption programme, which threaten its credibility.

About the Author

HEATHER MARQUETTE is Lecturer in Governance in the International Development Department, University of Birmingham. She has worked as a consultant to donors on corruption issues and has published in Third World Quarterly; Crime Law & Social Change; and Journal of Development Studies. Previously, she taught in the Department of Politics, University of Durham.