The normativity of numbers: World bank and IMF conditionality1

Political and Legal Anthropology Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-202

  Anders, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Africa; Conditionality; Good governance; International financial institutions; Numbers; Poverty Reduction Strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956244792     PISSN: 10816976     EISSN: 15552934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1555-2934.2008.00021.x     Document Type: Article

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