Why read Reflective Shadows?

Book cover of Reflective Shadows: Political Economy of World Bank Lending to India

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India, one of the founding members of the World Bank, is also the Bank's single largest borrower since its inception. There are natural curiosities to know how the relationship between the two has evolved through fluctuations in India's political and economic scenario. Has the World Bank's work in India aligned…

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1 author picked Reflective Shadows as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Leela Fernandes

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This is a serious work of academic research that details the role of the World Bank's funding of development work in India. It is the most serious and well-researched work on the subject that I have read.

Many writers bring polemical views to their studies of international organizations and their impact on countries in the Global South. This book avoids these pitfalls and presents a serious and in-depth study of the subject.

I found it especially useful for my own work on the Bank's impact on water governance in India.

From Leela's 3 favorite reads in 2023.