The World Bank's Mission Creep

By J. Einhorn. 2001

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Corporate social responsibility in international development: an overview and critique (2003, background): “At the most pessimistic, such activity represents a type of ‘mandate creep’ (Einhorn, 2001).”
Exploring Social Capital Debates at the World Bank (2004, background): “…of the Bank’s sacred cows, while at the same time incorporating more and more concerns within the Bank’s goals (leading some to identify this as a period of drift, ‘mission creep’, and institutional dysfunction [Einhorn, 2001; Fidler, 2001; Pincus and Winters, 2002; discussion in Cammack, 2003]).”
Bridging the rationalist–constructivist divide: re-engineering the culture of the World Bank (2006, background): “Consequently, the Bank has developed a nasty case of mission creep, faced conflicting demands for organizational reform, and experienced a dramatic decline in the morale of its staff (Einhorn 2001).”