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Title Challenges to the World Bank and IMF : developing country perspectives / edited by Ariel Buira for the G24 research program
Published London : Anthem Press, 2003

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Description x, 277 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Series Anthem Studies in Development and Globalization
Anthem studies in development and globalization.
Contents The governance of the IMF in a global economy / Ariel Buira -- Who pays for the IMF? / Aziz Ali Mohammed -- An analysis of IMF conditionality / Ariel Buira -- Achieving long-term debt sustainability in heavily indebted poor countries (HIPCs) / Bernhard Gunter -- The poverty reduction strategy paper approach : good marketing or good policy? / im Levinsohn -- Capital management techniques in developing countries / Gerald Epstein, Ilene Grabel, and KS Jomo -- International reserves to short-term external debt as an indicator of external vulnerabiliby : the experience of Mexico and other emerging economies / Javier Guzman and Rodolfo Padilla -- Mechanisms for dialogue and debt-crisis workout that can strengthen sovereign lending to developing countries / Barry Herman -- Developing a global partnership for development / Martin Khor -- International financial institutions and international public goods : operational implications for the World Bank / Ravi Kanbur
Summary "The chapters in this book consider the current approaches of the World Bank and IMF, and offer alternative proposals for the effective participation of developing countries in these institutions. In doing so, the volume ranges from discussions on reforming the IMF and its conditionality, the operations of financial markets, debt workouts and restructuring, management of capital flows, debt sustainability and crisis prevention, to Millennium Development Goods and the global partnership for development."--Jacket
Notes Errata slip inserted
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject World Bank -- Developing countries.
International Monetary Fund -- Developing countries.
International Monetary Fund.
World Bank.
Debts, Public -- Developing countries.
Capital movements -- Developing countries.
SUBJECT Developing countries -- Commerce. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114833
Developing countries -- Economic policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102080
Developing countries -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85037344
Author Buira, Ariel.
Group of Twenty-four.
LC no. 2004269741
ISBN 1843311402 hardback
1843311410 paperback
Other Titles Challenges to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund