The World Bank And Transferring Development: Policy Movement Through Technical Assistance (international Political Economy Series)
by Adrian Robert Bazbauers /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book analyses the World Bank’s provision of technical
assistance from 1946 to the present day. It argues that the
relational dynamics between technical assistance provider and
recipient affects the legitimacy of policy norms travelling
from the ‘international’ to the ‘domestic’. Beginning from the
constructivist position that ‘development’ is a social
construct, the author contends that successful policy movement
via technical assistance depends on the recipient’s perception
of the validity of policy reforms, with perception being
influenced by the way those ideas and practices are presented,
packaged, and transferred. In advancing this argument,
Bazbauers analyses four pillars of World Bank technical
assistance: technical assistance components (advisory services
incorporated within lending operations), stand-alone technical
assistance projects (projects designed to solely deliver
technical assistance), survey missions (activities involved in
measuring the development status of developing countries), and
training institutes (the courses of the Economic Development
Institute and World Bank Institute).
This book analyses the World Bank’s provision of technical
assistance from 1946 to the present day. It argues that the
relational dynamics between technical assistance provider and
recipient affects the legitimacy of policy norms travelling
from the ‘international’ to the ‘domestic’. Beginning from the
constructivist position that ‘development’ is a social
construct, the author contends that successful policy movement
via technical assistance depends on the recipient’s perception
of the validity of policy reforms, with perception being
influenced by the way those ideas and practices are presented,
packaged, and transferred. In advancing this argument,
Bazbauers analyses four pillars of World Bank technical
assistance: technical assistance components (advisory services
incorporated within lending operations), stand-alone technical
assistance projects (projects designed to solely deliver
technical assistance), survey missions (activities involved in
measuring the development status of developing countries), and
training institutes (the courses of the Economic Development
Institute and World Bank Institute).
