ABSTRACT
The World Bank is the leading global investor in education and is linked through extensive networks to other worldwide organizations. Through these networks the Bank is a major participant in global discourses about education.1 World culture theorists consider the World Bank to be a major contributor to the development of a global culture.2 Critics see the World Bank’s agenda as serving wealthy nations and multinational organizations.3 The Bank’s worldwide networks infl uence local education practices.4 The educational discourses of other global organizations, which are sometimes in confl ict the World Bank, will be discussed in later chapters.
