Management by Seclusion A Critique of World Bank Promises to End Global Poverty

50 years ago, World Bank President Robert McNamara promised to end poverty. Alleviation was to rely on economic growth, resulting in higher incomes stimulated by Bank loans processed by deskbound Washington staff, trickling down to the poorest.  Instead, child poverty and homelessness are on the increase everywhere. In this book, anthropologist and former World Bank Advisor Glynn Cochrane argues that instead of Washington's "management by seclusion," poverty alleviation requires personal engagement with the poorest by helpers with hands-on local and cultural skills. Here, the author argues, the insights provided by anthropological fieldwork have a crucial role to play.

ISBN:	9781789201338
Publisher:	Berghahn Books
Imprint:	Berghahn Books
Published date:	10 May 2019
DEWEY:	332.1532091724
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	230
Weight:	300g
Height:	155mm
Width:	228mm
Spine width:	11mm

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