these regressive outcomes and the proliferation of rightwing dictatorships across the socalled third world were in sharp contrast with the achievements of the rich countries under the postwar keynesiansocial democratic consensus and the economic successes of the countries following the soviet and chinese models this study expressed a growing scepticism with the bank s earlier strategy of supporting big push growth projects while expecting market processes to reduce poverty and inequality spontaneously see mckinley pp redistribution with growth triggered a review of the world bank s emphasis on capitalintensive development and maximization of the investible surplus as these seem to lead to income and wealth concentration and unable to generate sufficient employment it was thought that the bank s new priorities should be towards promotion of labourintensive industries and provision of education and infrastructure for the poor especially in smallscale agriculture now deemed to be at least as productive as largescale production and through transfer of land and other assets to the poor