Doing missionary work the World Bank and the diffusion of financial practices

Ocampo, Elizabeth 1977- (Author). Neu, Dean E., 1960- (Added Author). Haskayne School of Business. Centre for Public Interest Accounting. (Added Author). Canadian Electronic Library (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: "Through a study of education reform in Latin America, this inquiry examines how the World Bank functions like a modern-day missionary. Analyzing the accounting procedures embedded in the Bank's loan agreements, this account illustrates how the institution diffuses its neoliberal perspective on development throughout the world, arguing that the Bank does not just lend money- it imposes its ideology on its recipient countries as well. Thus the tools of missionary work have changed: while the promise of betterment and salvation remains, a testament of planning mechanisms, performance indicators, and financial reports has replaced the Bible."--pub. desc.

Record details

ISBN: 9781552664841 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781552662618 (print)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 electronic text (152 p.) : ill., digital file.
Publisher: Black Point, N.S. : Fernwood Pub., c2008

Content descriptions

General Note:	Co-published with the Centre for Public Interest Accounting. Issued as part of the desLibris books collection.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references: p. 145-152.
Formatted Contents Note:	The World Bank's public persona -- Globalization and the World Bank -- Understanding bank involvement -- Lending agreements -- Diffusion of financial mechanisms in two countries -- The missionary encounter in rural Columbia -- Project implementaion -- Monitoring and reporting -- Micro-politics -- Doing missionary work.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Also available in print version.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.