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  • 1
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    Early Development Economics Debates Revisited (2008)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (22 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Alacevich, Michele Early Development Economics Debates Revisited
    Keywords: Banks and Banking Reform ; Classical Economists ; Conflict and Development ; Development Economics ; Development Economics and Aid Effectiveness ; Disequilibrium ; Economic Development ; Economic Theory and Research ; Economists ; Growth Theory ; Industrial Economy ; Industrialization ; Labor Policies ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Post Conflict Reconstruction ; Social Protections and Labor ; Unemployment ; Wages ; Banks and Banking Reform ; Classical Economists ; Conflict and Development ; Development Economics ; Development Economics and Aid Effectiveness ; Disequilibrium ; Economic Development ; Economic Theory and Research ; Economists ; Growth Theory ; Industrial Economy ; Industrialization ; Labor Policies ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Post Conflict Reconstruction ; Social Protections and Labor ; Unemployment ; Wages ; Banks and Banking Reform ; Classical Economists ; Conflict and Development ; Development Economics ; Development Economics and Aid Effectiveness ; Disequilibrium ; Economic Development ; Economic Theory and Research ; Economists ; Growth Theory ; Industrial Economy ; Industrialization ; Labor Policies ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Post Conflict Reconstruction ; Social Protections and Labor ; Unemployment ; Wages
    Abstract: Development economics in its early years created the image of a fierce fight between advocates of contrasting theories or approaches- "balanced growth" vs. "unbalanced growth" or "program loans" vs. "project loans." This view has the merit to highlight such conflicts in great detail; yet it fails to take into account the reality of development economics as it was practiced in the field. This paper reassesses these old conflicts by complementing the traditional focus on theoretical debates with an emphasis on the practice of development economics.A particularly interesting example is the debate between Albert Hirschman, one of the fathers of the "unbalanced growth" approach, and Lauchlin Currie, among the advocates of "balanced growth" on how to foster iron production in Colombia in the 1950s. An analysis of the positions held by these two economists shows that they were in fact much less antithetical than is usually held and, indeed, were in some fundamental aspects surprisingly similar. Debates among development economists during the 1950s thus must be explained-at least partially-as the natural dynamics of an emerging discipline that took shape when different groups tried to achieve supremacy-or at least legitimacy-through the creation of mutually delegitimizing systemic theories
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    La economia politica del Banco Mundial : los primeros anos (2010)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821376492
    Language: Spanish
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (p)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Abstract: Este libro trata sobre los primeros anos del Banco Internacional de Reconstruccion y Fomento (BIRF), comunmente conocido como el Banco Mundial, cuando enfrento por primera vez el tema del desarrollo que hoy dia es parte fundamental de su mision. El libro se ocupa principalmente de la forma en que el Banco interpreto su mision y, mas especificamente, como nacio: que eventos lo formaron, que bagaje cultural e ideologico tenia y cual fue el contexto historico en que surgio
    DOI: 10.1596/978-9-5883-0787-9
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    The World Bank's Early Reflections On Development : A Development Institution Or A Bank? (2008)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (21 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Alacevich, Michele The World Bank's Early Reflections On Development
    Keywords: Access to Finance ; Bank ; Banks and Banking Reform ; Collections ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Governments ; Housing ; Interest ; Lending ; Loans ; Principal ; Projects ; Urban development ; Access to Finance ; Bank ; Banks and Banking Reform ; Collections ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Governments ; Housing ; Interest ; Lending ; Loans ; Principal ; Projects ; Urban development ; Access to Finance ; Bank ; Banks and Banking Reform ; Collections ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Governments ; Housing ; Interest ; Lending ; Loans ; Principal ; Projects ; Urban development
    Abstract: Until the late 1960s, the World Bank presented itself as an institution devoted to making sound and directly productive project loans. Yet, during its very early years, some discussions developed inside the Bank regarding the possibility of issuing different types of loans, namely (i) loans aimed at tackling social issues ("social loans"), and (ii) loans aimed at providing foreign currency to address disequilibria in the balance of payments ("impact loans"). This paper brings together historical analysis and theories of organization development to study the housing issue as a case in point. The analysis reveals that the Bank was unwilling to lend for housing programs not because these were not sound - in fact, they were - but because they were geared toward achieving social welfare objectives and were not directly linked to productive investment projects, such as dams, power stations, and railroads. This early decision had a significant impact on the subsequent development of the Bank's view of policy-making: it locked the institution into a particular lending pattern, and deprived it of important intellectual resources. It was not until the late 1960s that the Bank began to take social issues into consideration, rather late compared with other multilateral institutions
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    Visualizing Uncertainties, or How Albert Hirschman and the World Bank Disagreed on Project Appraisal and Development Approaches (2012)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (40 p)
    Edition: 2012 World Bank eLibrary
    Parallel Title: Alacevich, Michele Visualizing Uncertainties, or How Albert Hirschman and the World Bank Disagreed on Project Appraisal and Development Approaches
    Abstract: Since its birth in 1944, the World Bank has had a strong focus on development projects. Yet, it did not have a project evaluation unit until the early 1970s. An early attempt to conceptualize project appraisal had been made in the 1960s by Albert Hirschman, whose undertaking raised high expectations at the Bank. Hirschman's conclusions - published first in internal Bank reports and then, as a book in 1967 - disappointed many at the Bank, primarily because they found it impractical. Hirschman wanted to offer the Bank a new vision by transforming the Bank's approach to project design, project management and project appraisal. What the Bank expected from Hirschman, HOWEVER, was not a revolution but an examination of the Bank's projects and advice on how to make project design and management more measurable, controllable, and suitable for replication. The history of this failed collaboration provides useful insights on the unstable equilibrium between operations and evaluation within the Bank. In addition, it shows that the Bank actively participated in the development economics debates of the 1960s. This should be of interest for development economists today who reflect on the future of their discipline emphasizing the need for a non-dogmatic approach to development. It should also be of interest for the Bank itself, which is stressing the importance of evaluation for effective development policies. The history of the practice of development economics, using archival material, can bring new perspectives and help better understand the evolution of this discipline
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-6260
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    Inequality : A Short History (2017)
    Washington DC : Brookings Institution Press
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    ISBN: 9780815727620
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (258 pages)
    Series Statement: The Short Histories
    Parallel Title: Print version Alacevich, Michele Inequality : A Short History
    DDC: 305
    Keywords: Equality-Economic aspects-History ; Income distribution-History ; Globalization-Economic aspects-History ; Democracy-History ; Equality-Economic aspects-History. ; Income distribution-History. ; Globalization-Economic aspects-History. ; Democracy-History ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Inequality endangers the fabric of our societies, distorts the functioning of democracy, and derails the globalization process. Yet it has only recently been recognized as a problem worth examining. Why has it been neglected for so long? In Inequality: A Short History, Michele Alacevich and Anna Soci discuss the emergence of the inequality question in the twentieth century and explain how inequality continues to be a daunting issue in the twenty-first centuryand why it matters for the survival of democracy
    Abstract: Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Why Inequality is the Real Issue -- The Long Neglect of Inequality -- The Statistical Drift of Inequality Studies -- Inequality and Globalization -- Inequality and Democracy: An Open Issue -- The Future of Inequality -- Appendix: Measures of Inequality -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover
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    Political economy of the World Bank : the early years (2009)
    Stanford, Calif : Stanford Economics and Finance, Stanford University Press | Washington, D.C : World Bank
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    ISBN: 0821376470 , 9780804760652 , 9780804760669 , 9780821376478
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi 197 pages) , illustrations , 23 cm
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Uniform Title: Origini della Banca mondiale
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 332.1/532
    Keywords: World Bank History
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-193) and index
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-7647-8
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