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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Sarah L Babb |
| ISBN: | 9780226033648 9780226033655 0226033643 0226033651 9780226033679 0226033678 |
| OCLC Number: | 256765376 |
| Description: | xvi, 313 p. ; 23 cm. |
| 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. |
| Responsibility: | Sarah Babb. |
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Abstract:
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. This work argues that these organizations have also been indelibly shaped by Washington politics - particularly by the legislative branch and its power of the purse.
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"I know of no other book which examines full-on the impact of Washington politics - and especially the unique split between executive branch and legislative branch in the American polity - on the functioning of a multilateral organization. Sarah Babb has delved deeply into archival sources and supplemented them with more academic literature and some interviews. The result is a well-written book, accessible to a wide readership and not just to students and scholars." - Robert H. Wade, London School of Economics and Political Science" Read more...
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- Development banks -- Government policy -- United States.
- Development economics -- Government policy -- United States.
- Ontwikkelingsbanken.
- Politiek.
- Verenigde Staten.
- Entwicklungsbank.
- USA.
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