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Behind the development banks : Washington politics, world poverty, and the wealth of nations / Sarah Babb.
De Gruyter University of Chicago Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Babb, Sarah L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Development banks--Government policy--United States.
- Development banks.
- Development economics--Government policy--United States.
- Development economics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (331 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- The World Bank and other multilateral development banks (MDBs) carry out their mission to alleviate poverty and promote economic growth based on the advice of professional economists. But as Sarah Babb argues in Behind the Development Banks, these organizations have also been indelibly shaped by Washington politics-particularly by the legislative branch and its power of the purse. Tracing American influence on MDBs over three decades, this volume assesses increased congressional activism and the perpetual "selling" of banks to Congress by the executive bra
- Contents:
- The banks and their shareholders
- The congressional revolt
- The Reagan revolution
- Disciplining the banks
- The emergence of the Washington consensus
- The consensus evolves
- The banks and civil society
- Into the new millennium.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-291) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9786612239373
- 9781282239371
- 1282239376
- 9780226033679
- 0226033678
- OCLC:
- 435433346
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