Provisional Expertise and the Transformation of Global Development Finance Best, Jacqueline creator author. text enk 2014 monographic eng 1 online resource (286 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). Jacqueline 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. Jacqueline Best. Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 May 2017). Open Access title. Economic assistance Development banks Non-governmental organizations Corporate governance HD75 .B4965 2014 332.1/53 9781139542739 (ebook) https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139542739 https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139542739 UkCbUP 120706 20170608110003.0 CR9781139542739 eng