Volume 29, Issue 2
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Editorial Introduction
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1998) -
The Process of Preparing World Development Reports: A Critique
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1998) -
World Development Report 1997: The State in a Changing World: Overview
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Convergence on Governance Issues, Dissent on Economic Policies
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1998)Summary WDR97 is an attempt to reconcile the ‘Washington consensus’ with the ‘East Asian model’. It underscores the complementarity existing between state and market, the need to reinvigorate the state's institutions, and ... -
Toward a Useful Consensus?
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1998)Summary WDR97 provides the basis for creating a reasonable working consensus about the role of government in development. It achieves this not by providing specific policy conclusions on which we can all agree – the Report ... -
An Effective State? But Effective for Whom?
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1998)Summary Neoliberal rhetoric has urged the reduction of the state's role, but in many ways state power and spending have merely been redirected rather than reduced. WDR97 urges states to become effective, but does not say ... -
Better Policies and International Governance
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1998)Summary The World Development Report represents a welcome change from the World Bank's previous conceptions of the state and development. It is more nuanced, and recognises the intimate relationships between economics and ... -
The Limitations of the World Bank's Conception of the State and the Implications for Institutional Development Strategies
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1998)Summary WDR97 has reinstated firmly on the international agenda the role of the state in development ? not with notions of the state as the chief engine of growth, but with notions of the state as a set of institutions ... -
Increasing State Capacity: What Role for the World Bank
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1998)Summary The World Development Report 1997 provides a refreshing perspective on the state in developing countries. It suggests a strategy to increase state effectiveness by matching roles to capacity while also increasing ... -
Epilogue: Is the State Back in Fashion?
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1998)
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