The World Bank in India: Undermining Sovereignty Distorting Development

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Editore: Orientblackswan, 2010

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Contents Preface About the Independent Peoples Tribunal on the World Bank Deepika D Souza Introduction I The World Banks Role and Functioning 1 The Economic Aspects of World Bank Activities in India Arun Kumar 2 The Midwives of Corporate Totalitarianism The Political Economy of the World Bank in Historical Perspective Aseem Shrivastava 3 The World Bank as a Knowledge Creator How the Bank Uses Flawed Processes to Generate Unsound Knowledge for Promoting Disastrous Policies Shripad Dharmadhikary 4 The Revolving Door of the World Bank Suborning Policy and Decision makers by its Pocketbook Prashant Bhushan 5 The Changing Role of the World Bank in India Prabhat Patnaik II Poverty and Employment 6 Poverty Persistence Entry and Escape Aasha Kapur Mehta 7 Employment in the Time of Liberalisation Praveen Jha 8 The World Bank and Labour in India J John and R S Tiwari 9 Microcredit Magic Bullet or Poison Pill Kalyani Menon Sen and Kalpana Kannabiran III Undermining India s Sovereignty and Democratic Processes 10 Partners in the Erosion of Sovereignty Smitu Kothari and Benny Kuruvilla 11 Food Security Good Governance and the Role of the State Harsh Mander 12 Governance and the Growth of the Black Economy Saumen Chattopadhyay 13 Delhi s Water Privatisation Plans Arvind Kejrival 14 How Transparent is the World Bank Nikhil Dey 15 Mining and the World Bank Inspection Panel Tony Herbert 16 The Impacts of Hydropower and Failures of Redress Himanshu Thakkar IV India s Agrarian and Food Security Crises 17 The World Bank and Indian Agriculture Bhaskar Goswani 18 The World Bank and its Impact on Food Security Utsa Patnaik 19 Financial Liberalisation and the Agrarian Crisis C P Chandrasekhar 20 The Exit from Agriculture Devinder Sharma 21 Targeting Exclusion and Food Biraj Patnaik 22 The Genetic Engineering of Crops Suman Sahai 23 The Privatisation of Seeds Afsar Jafri V Corporate Greed and Common Goods 24 Electricity Sector Reform Sreekumar N 25 The Privatisation of Water Shripad Dharmadhikary 26 The Neo liberal Assault on India s Education System Anil Sadgopal 27 The World Bank and HealthImrana Qadeer Sundari Ravindranand Bijoya Roy 28 Structural Adjustment in Karnataka State Vinay Baindur VI Land Grabs and Displacement Struggles 29 The World Bank and Forests Ashok Chowdhary 30 History Repeating Itself The World Banks Role in Global Tourism Development Ranjan Solomon and Vidya Rangan 31 Investment In People Out The Renewal of Indian Cities Michele Kelley 32 The World Bank and Disaster Relief Vanessa Peters and R M Alvino VII The World Bank and the Environment 33 The World Bank and Environmental Policy Reform Manju Menon and Kanchi Kohli 34 Poisoned Future Nityanand Jayaraman and Madhumita Dutta 35 The Carbon Trade and the Marketisation of Global Warming Praful Bidwai Conclusion The Findings of the Jury Appendices Glossary of terms Index Bringing together academic discussions on public policy and the experiences of the common people of India this collection of essays by a range of eminent scholars across disciplines tackles the problems of contemporary development policy and contributes to the ongoing debate The current financial crisis has clearly demonstrated the inability of international financial institutions to maintain a stable global economic order However few challenges to this order have been taken seriously due to the nearly complete dominance of the ideology of free markets This volume contributes to the emerging critique of the present economic order and attempts to find alternatives The essays originate from testimonies given at the Independent Peoples Tribunal on the World Bank held in New Delhi The book discusses the ways in which the World Bank has used undue leverage to impact key sectors of Indias economy and shows that the Banks policies of extreme marketisation trade liberalisation and reduced public spending have created a shocking trend of jobless growth and increased poverty for the majority of people in India It also covers.…

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Titolo
The World Bank in India: Undermining Sovereignty Distorting Development
Autore
Michele Kelley and Deepika D'souza
Editore
Orientblackswan
Anno di pubblicazione
2010
Condizione
As New
Rilegatura
Hardcover
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
8125038647
ISBN 13
9788125038641
Disegnatore
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