The World Bank as Knowledge Bank: Analyzing the Limits of a Legitimate Global Knowledge Actor

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 409-431

  Kramarz, Teresa ^a   Momani, Bessma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development assistance; International organization; Knowledge; Knowledge Bank; Knowledge management; Legitimacy; World Bank

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT AID; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; KNOWLEDGE; STAKEHOLDER; WORLD BANK;

EID: 84879748425     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: 15411338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ropr.12028     Document Type: Article

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