02262nam a22003618i 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141020003000170040002900200050002200229082001700251100003100268245012000299264005200419300005900471336002600530337002600556338003600582500007300618500002300691520100000714650002401714650002201738650003501760650002501795776003501820856004501855CR9781139542739UkCbUP20170608110003.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||120706s2014||||enk     o     ||1 0|eng|d  a9781139542739 (ebook)  z9781107035041 (hardback)  z9781107474932 (paperback)  aUkCbUPbengerdacUkCbUP00aHD75b.B4965 201400a332.1/532231 aBest, Jacqueline,eauthor.10aGoverning Failure :bProvisional Expertise and the Transformation of Global Development Finance /cJacqueline Best. 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2014.  a1 online resource (286 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 May 2017).  aOpen Access title.  aJacqueline Best argues that the 1990s changes in IMF, World Bank and donor policies, towards what some have called the 'Post-Washington Consensus,' were driven by an erosion of expert authority and an increasing preoccupation with policy failure. Failures such as the Asian financial crisis and the decades of despair in sub-Saharan Africa led these institutions to develop governance strategies designed to avoid failure: fostering country ownership, developing global standards, managing risk and vulnerability and measuring results. In contrast to the structural adjustment era when policymakers were confident in their solutions, this is an era of provisional governance, in which key actors are aware of the possibility of failure even as they seek to inoculate themselves against it. Best considers the implications of this shift, asking if it is a positive change and whether it is sustainable. This title is available as Open Access on Cambridge Books Online and via Knowledge Unlatched. 0aEconomic assistance 0aDevelopment banks 0aNon-governmental organizations 0aCorporate governance08iPrint version: z978110703504140uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139542739