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Management by Seclusion: A Critique of World Bank Promises to End Global Poverty (Paperback)

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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.


Product Details
ISBN: 9781789201338
ISBN-10: 1789201330
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Publication Date: May 3rd, 2019
Pages: 190
Language: English