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International Organizations in Development and Global Inequality: the Example of the World Bank's Pension Policy

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Initial models of development debates on how to achieve economic growth have been added to by a focus on social issues such as education and political participation. These debates and discourses about development are shaped by international organizations (IGOs) as they produce reference/action frameworks for actors in development policy.

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  • Martin Koch, 2012. "International Organizations in Development and Global Inequality: the Example of the World Bank's Pension Policy," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2012-103, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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