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Development Debacle: The World Bank in the Philippines
Based on 6,000 pages of secret documents.
256 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1982
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August 30, 2025
Insightful, if somewhat repetitive, analysis of the Philippines in the 70s. "Development" by definition can barely work - it's about "miracles," or creating tiny pocket of winner among losers, and making losers in the "winning" nation to shut up & rejoice ("otherwise we'll be failure like our neighbours"). It's about dismantling solidarity & foreclosing history. It never succeeds & thus never ends.
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