Routledge World Bank Urban Development: From Projects to Policy

This comprehensive analysis examines the World Bank's pivotal role in shaping urban development programmes and policies across the developing world since the 1970s. Drawing on extensive primary research, the book explores the political and economic forces that led the World Bank to embrace urban initiatives, and traces how the institution translated its broader development ideology into specific urban strategies. As part of the Routledge Studies in Development and Society series, this work provides historians, policy analysts, and development professionals with critical insight into how one of the world's most influential supranational institutions has influenced urban policy formulation and practice. The study combines rigorous historical scholarship with policy analysis to reveal the complex relationship between World Bank programmes and urban development outcomes in the developing world, offering essential reading for those seeking to understand international development institutions and their impact on cities.