Management by Seclusion

A Critique of World Bank Promises to End Global Poverty
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78920-133-8
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 190 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 284 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cochrane, Glynn

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Materielle Kultur, Wirtschaftsethnologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. Money-Moving  

Chapter 2. Reputation Management

Chapter 3. Disciplines

Chapter 4. Public Service

Chapter 5. Social Soundness Analysis

Conclusions

Appendix A: Engagement Issues for Anthropology

Appendix B: The Culture of Poverty Debate

Appendix C: World Bank Social Development Group

Appendix D: Culture and Development Assistance

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Cochrane, Glynn
Glynn Cochrane was World Bank Advisor on Public Administration in Papua New Guinea, and Chief World Bank/UNDP Advisor for Civil Service Reform in Tanzania. In 1971 he proposed the establishment of an interdisciplinary Development Anthropology for practitioners. Based on the recommendations in his 1973 report the World Bank hired its first anthropologists, and in 1974 he wrote Social Soundness Analysis, an appraisal system that has been used in USAID projects for over 40 years.