| Description |
1 online resource (220 pages) |
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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 |
| 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 |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
African Development Bank.
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| SUBJECT |
African Development Bank fast |
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Nonprofit organizations -- Africa
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Nonprofit organizations
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Politics and government
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Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001573
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Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813156811 |
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0813156815 |
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1322598061 |
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9781322598062 |
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0813117542 |
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9780813117546 |
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