Politics and the African Development Bank / Karen A. Mingst.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mingst, Karen A., 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa--Politics and government--1960-.

Africa.

African Development Bank.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The African continent has long been plagued by economic problems. During the 1970s, with famines and two oil crises, the attention of the international donor community was riveted on Africa. In the 1980s international organizations, both governmental and private, have responded to the African crises.One increasingly visible organization is the African Development Bank, recently heralded by the Wall Street Journal as ""the rarest of African species: a success."" Founded in 1964 by African governments, its mandate was to solve African problems using African resources. But the devastation of the

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figure; Acknowledgments; Glossary; 1. Introduction; 2. Decision Making within the African Development Bank; 3. The Lending Process; 4. Policy Debates; 5. The ADB's Influence on Borrowing States; 6. The Constraints on ADB Influence; 7. The ADB and the World Bank; 8. The ADB and Other Development Institutions; 9. The ADB's Evaluation Process; 10. Politics in the Multilateral Development Banks; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-198) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813156811

0813156815

OCLC:

652237569