When the World Bank Wakes up
The World Bank, official leader of the free market chorus, has finally acknowledged in its annual Report on Development for 1997 the usefulness of public institutions and especially of the state, which has played a determining role in the take-off of the rapidly developing countries of South-East Asia.
René Lenoir congratulates the Bank, while encouraging even more effort of this kind from the “gentlemen of Washington”. Instead of escaping into financial speculation, they should focus on strategies of development which take into account human needs and local conditions.
Lenoir criticizes in passing the general incoherence of annual reports published by international institutions, and urges them to a collective effort of rethinking development.
Quand la Banque mondiale s'éveille...
Cet article fait partie de la revue Futuribles n° 228, fév. 1998
