Civil society and global finance / edited by Jan Aart Scholte with Albrecht Schnabel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scholte, Jan Aart.

Schnabel, Albrecht.

University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation.

Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain)

United Nations University.

Series:

Warwick studies in globalisation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International finance.

Civil society.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

xviii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Contents:

1 Civil society and the governance of global finance / Jan Aart Scholte 11

Part II Regional experiences 33

2 Latin American NGOs and the IFIs: the quest for a South-determined agenda / Manuel Chiriboga 35

3 Civil society and global finance in Africa: the PRSP process in Uganda / Zie Gariyo 51

4 Civil society and the Asian financial crisis / Kamal Malhotra 64

5 Global finance and civil society deficits in Russia / Nodari Simonia 79

6 Global finance and incipient civil society in China / Yu Yongding 94

Part III Perspectives from multilateral institutions 109

7 The World Bank and civil society: an evolving experience / John D. Clark 111

8 Civil society and the World Bank's Country Assistance Strategy in Argentina / Roberto Senderowitsch, Sandra Cesilini 128

9 The IMF and civil society: striking a balance / Thomas C. Dawson, Gita Bhatt 144

10 Civil society and the Financing for Development initiative at the United Nations / Barry Herman 162

Part IV Perspectives from civil society sectors 179

11 Trade unions and the promotion of socially sustainable global finance / Gemma Adaba 181

12 Business associations and global financial governance / James C. Orr 199

13 The environmental movement and global finance / Andrea Durbin, Carol Welch 213

14 Global finance and gender / Irene van Staveren 228

Part V Looking ahead 247

15 What next? Civil society's prospects in a world of global finance / Alison van Rooy 249

16 Global finance: representation failure and the role of civil society / Nancy Birdsall 264.

Notes:

"Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, Economic & Social Research Council, United Nations University."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415279356

0415279364

OCLC:

48176792