Development Beyond Neoliberalism?: Governance, Poverty Reduction and Political Economy

by Douglas Porter and David Craig

Book Overview

Development's current focus - poverty reduction and good governance - signals a turn away from the older neoliberal preoccupation with structural adjustment, privatization and downsizing the state. For some, the new emphases on empowering and securing the poor through basic service delivery, local partnership, decentralization and institution building constitute a decisive break with the past and a whole set of new development possibilities beyond...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415319609
• ISBN13: 9780415319607
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"