'The IMF and the World Bank at Sixty' presents a selection of essays prepared for the Group of Twenty-Four Developing Nations (G24), by some of the foremost authorities in their fields, which address these challenges and suggest the need for reform in several areas. These essays have one fundamental aim: to improve the functioning of the global economy and to better enable developing countries to share in the prosperity of recent decades.
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An authoritative review of the position of the IMF and World Bank in their sixtieth year.
List of Contributors; Foreword; 1. Introduction; 2. The IMF at Sixty: An Unfulfilled Potential?; 3. Conditionality and Its Alternatives; 4. Mission Creep, Mission Push and Discretion: The Case of IMF Conditionality; 5. Up From Sin: A Portfolio Approach to Salvation; 6. Trip Wires and Speed Bumps: Managing Financial Risks and Reducing the Potential for Financial Crises in Developing Economies; 7. A Fiscal Insurance Scheme for the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union; 8. Who Pays fot the World Bank?; 9. Reinventing Industrial Strategy: The Role of Government Policy in Building Industrial Competitiveness; 10. Assessing the Risks in the Private Provision of Essential Services; 11. How Well Do Measurements of an Enabling Domestic Environment for Development Stand Up?; 12. The Cocoa Market Under Neoliberalism; Index
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Reviews the position of the IMF and World Bank in their sixtieth year.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781843311966
Publisert
2005-05-05
Utgiver
Vendor
Anthem Press
Vekt
454 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Dybde
26 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
362

Redaktør
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Om bidragsyterne

Ariel Buira is Director of the G24 Secretariat. He has been Special Envoy of the President of Mexico for the UN Conference on Financing for Development, Ambassador of Mexico, Member of the Board of Governors of the Bank of Mexico and Executive Director of the IMF. His publications include 'The IMF and the World Bank at Sixty' (Anthem Press, 2005) and 'Challenges to the World Bank and IMF: Developing Country Perspectives' (Anthem Press, 2003).