The World Bank, INGOs, and civil society: Converging agendas? The case of universal basic education in Niger

Murphy, Jonathan Richard 2005. The World Bank, INGOs, and civil society: Converging agendas? The case of universal basic education in Niger. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations 16 (4) , pp. 353-374. 10.1007/s11266-005-9147-x

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Abstract

This paper explores, through a case study of the World Bank's pursuit of universal basic education, the gulf between the Bank's dialogue with international civil society elites and its treatment of grassroots civil society in its development practice. It argues that the World Bank is pursuing a conscious program to build a global elite governance system similar to Bank vice-president J. F. Rischard's concept of global issues networks, in which experts from business, government, and civil society will set globally binding social and economic policies. There is a risk of co-optation of international NGOs into this autocratic global managerial system.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DT Africa H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance H Social Sciences > HS Societies secret benevolent etc H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare J Political Science > JA Political science (General) L Education > L Education (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	World Bank; civil society; globalization; NGOs; INGOs; global governance; global civil society;; basic education; Niger
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	0957-8765
Last Modified:	10 Oct 2017 14:54
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/42614

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