Financializations of Development: Global Games and Local Experiments

Financializations of Development explores the evolving financialization processes of developmental institutions, programs, and policies, including the involvement of private finance actors. It examines how development funding is raised, managed, and distributed, and the social consequences of these financializations on the people on the ground.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 258 pages
Publication date: 20 April 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The book Financialization of Development delves into cutting-edge perspectives on socio-political, socio-historical, and institutional analyses of the evolving multifaceted and interconnected financialization processes of developmental institutions, programs, and policies. In recent years, the development landscape has undergone a significant transformation, with a broader range of actors involved in financing sustainable development initiatives. Multilateral development actors, including public development banks and aid agencies, now prioritize the issue of financing for sustainable development. Consequently, development institutions are increasingly engaging with private actors and seeking to leverage private money to support development projects.
Drawing on case studies conducted in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America, this book explores the ways in which private finance actors are enrolled and associated with the conception and implementation of development policies. It begins by examining global actors and private foundations, focusing on the processes of development funding, management, and distribution. The book also delves into debates at the center of global forums where financialized policies and solutions for development are conceived or discussed.
The book assembles empirical research on development programs and demonstrates the social consequences of the financialization of development on the people on the ground. By highlighting the plurality of processes and outcomes of modern-day relations, tools, actors, and practices in financing development around the world, this book serves as a valuable resource for advanced students, researchers, and practitioners in all areas of finance, development, and sustainability.

Weight: 452g
Dimension: 154 x 234 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367483937