Advancing governance in the South : what roles for international financial institutions in developing states? / Pia Riggirozzi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Riggirozzi, Pía, 1971-

Series:

International political economy series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))

International political economy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Financial institutions, International--Developing countries.

Financial institutions, International.

Financial institutions, International--Argentina.

Developing countries--Economic policy.

Developing countries.

Economic policy.

Argentina--Economic policy.

Argentina.

Physical Description:

xii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Summary:

The current political and economic trends in Latin America transformed power relationships between donors and recipient countries. Advancing Governance in the South offers a novel argument about power and policy change involving developing countries and international organizations. By taking the lessons from the unfolding power relations and the conditions under which the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) promoted governance reforms in Argentina since the 1990s, it extends the analysis to the challenges and dilemmas for the IFIs in the face of the most recent changes in the political economy at the regional scale. In the process it explores what 'power' currently means in the relationship between the IFIs and the local actors in developing countries and the analytical implications for broader analysis of the tensions between sovereign authority, policy processes and externally driven demands.

Contents:

Crafting governance for development 3

Power politics and reform processes 9

Conveyors and brokers of funds, knowledge and policies 15

The core argument 18

2 Brokers and Conveyors of Governance 23

Issues of power in the international political economy 25

Grounding governance in local power politics 32

Knowledge, funds and pro-reform networks 37

A final note on brokers and conveyors of governance 44

3 Complexities of Governance in Argentina's Political Economy 47

Neoliberal governance in Argentina 49

Crisis of neoliberalism 59

Contending ideas and the attempt to change governance in Argentina 64

4 Contesting Governance: Power and Politics in Judicial Reform in Argentina 74

Governance: The IFIs' (a)political dilemma 75

The politics of judicial reform in Argentina 78

The World Bank as a conveyor of funds and paradigms 83

Judicial reform in the aftermath of the crisis of neoliberalism 90

Contesting judicial reform 94

5 Governance as Political Engagement: Promoting Anti-Corruption Policies in Argentina 99

Anti-corruption within the 'Knowledge Bank': An attempt to avoid the 'best practices' trap 101

Broadening the scope for action 103

The problem of corruption in Argentina 106

Local experts and contesting ideas: Promoting reform from within 109

The World Bank and the politics of anti-corruption in Argentina 112

The Anti-Corruption Office Programme 116

The Crystal Initiative (Iniciativa Cristal) 118

Brokering knowledge, funds and reform networks 120

6 Governance after Neoliberalism in Argentina 125

Governance: Technical versus political 126

Promoting governance in a changing political economy 131

After neoliberalism, what? 134

The role of the IFIs in post-crisis governance 137

The World Bank and the IDB: Reinventing the Commons 142

7 A Regional Platform for Alternative Governance: What Roles for the IFIs? 155

Changes and dilemmas in current Latin American political economy 158

Beyond neoliberal governance: Where do we go from here? 162

New rules of the game? 167

Alternative governance practices: Banking on autonomy 171

8 Promoting Governance in Developing Countries: The Need for a New Compromise 179

The politics of governance and future challenges for the international financial institutions 182.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-202) and index.

ISBN:

9780230220119

0230220118

OCLC:

236082334