Demystifying Bretton Woods Institutions’ Rhetoric on Public Services

Chiara Mariotti and María José Romero ()
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Chiara Mariotti: European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad)
María José Romero: European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad)

Development, 2022, vol. 65, issue 2, 217-227

Abstract: Abstract This article reviews Bretton Woods Institutions’ approach to public services, including during the recent COVID-19 crisis. Drawing on the specific case of IMF and World Bank’s response to the multiple crisis triggered by the pandemic, it shows that there is a discourse-practice disjuncture in the institutions approach to public services as they continue to favour austerity and market-oriented solutions for the delivery of public services. The article therefore seeks to demystify the Bretton Woods institutions rhetoric and demand the adoption of a different way of understanding public services, and social policy more broadly.

Keywords: International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Bank (WB); Austerity; Public–private partnerships (PPPs); Social policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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