Alacevich M. The political economy of the World Bank: the early years. - Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2009. - xvi, 197 p.: ill. - Bibliogr.: p.185-193. - Ind. of names: p.195-197. - ISBN 978-0-8047-6065-2; ISBN 978-0-8047-6066-9  Место хранения:   01 | ГПНТБ СО РАН | Новосибирск

Оглавление / Contents

Preface ........................................................ xi Acknowledgments ................................................ xv 1 The world bank and development ............................... 1 Historical Context ........................................... 2 Methodological Framework ..................................... 3 Pars Destruens ............................................ 4 Pars Construens ........................................... 8 2 The currie mission in colombia, 1949-1953 ................... 11 The Importance of the Colombia Mission for the Switch from Reconstruction to Development .......................... 12 End of the Reconstruction Phase .......................... 12 Initial Contacts Between the Colombian Government and the IBRD ................................................. 15 The Collaboration Between Lauchlin Currie and the IBRD ...... 22 The Mission Collects Information ......................... 22 Putting the Team Together ................................ 28 The First IBRD General Survey Mission, Colombia 1949 ..... 35 The Currie Mission Report ................................ 39 The Comite de Desarrollo Economico (1950-1951) and the Consejo Nacional de Planificacidn (1952-1954) ........ 46 The Evolution of the Relationship Between Currie and the World Bank .............................................. 50 Tensions Within the Comite de Desarrollo Economico ....... 50 The Difficult Beginning of the Consejo National de Planificacidn (1952-1953) ............................. 53 The End of the Affair .................................... 61 3 Economic development in theory and practice ................. 64 Development Approaches: Balanced Versus Unbalanced Growth ... 66 Balanced Growth .......................................... 67 Unbalanced Growth ........................................ 70 Development Approaches: Program Loans Versus Project Loans ....................................................... 76 Program Loans ............................................ 77 Project Loans ............................................ 78 The Debate on Development Reverberates Inside the IBRD ...... 79 Conflicting Approaches: Program Versus Project ........... 79 Program Versus Project: The Banks Changing Attitude ...... 80 Autobiographical Notes ................................... 82 Currie Versus Hirschman: Monetary and Fiscal Policy ......... 83 Analyzing the Situation .................................. 83 Hypotheses ............................................... 84 The Clash ................................................ 85 Currie Versus Hirschman: Iron and Steel Production .......... 87 Analysis of the Currie Mission ........................... 87 Interests at Odds ........................................ 90 The "Informe de la Misidn Para el Comite'" and the Flesher Solution ......................................... 93 Steel and Development: Reasons for Disagreement .......... 98 Changing Alliances ......................................... 103 Agreements and Disagreements ............................ 103 A Sociological Interpretation of the Development Economics Debate: Robert K. Merton and the "Kindle Cole" Principle ......................................... 105 4 At the root of the bank's policy advice .................... 112 The Urban Development Plan for Barranquilla ................ 114 Request for IBRD Financing .............................. 114 Why Did the Bank Refuse Financing? ...................... 118 The IBRD and Housing Loans ................................. 120 The ILO Proposal and the First IBRD Comments ............ 120 The Disengagement of the IBRD ........................... 122 Discussions at the Bank: Impact Loans and Social Loans ..... 123 Impact Loans ............................................ 123 Social Loans ............................................ 127 The Bank's Relentless Preference for Directly Productive Loans ...................................................... 129 Raising Funds in the U.S. Capital Market ................ 130 Wall Street Men ......................................... 131 U.S. Foreign Economic Policy and the Wane of the Neiv Deal .................................................... 133 The Early Successes of the Bank: An Obstacle to Change ............................................... 136 Coda: The End of the Debate ................................ 136 The Reorganization of 1952 .............................. 136 Blacks Bank ............................................. 144 Conclusions ................................................... 147 Notes ......................................................... 155 Bibliography .................................................. 185 Index of Names ................................................ 195