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Author Xu, Jiajun, 1984- author.

Title Beyond US hegemony in international development : the contest for influence at the World Bank / Jiajun Xu
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017
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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 304 pages .)
Series Cambridge EBA Collection
Contents 1. IDA Burden-Sharing: The Unresolved Puzzle -- 2. Three Power Plays behind the Politics of IDA Burden-Sharing -- 3. IDA in the 1960s: Hegemonic Leadership amid Bipolar Geopolitics -- 4. IDA in the 1970s: A Turbulent Era with Accelerated Burden-Shifting -- 5. IDA in the 1980s: The Rise and Retreat of the ̀Reagan Revolution' -- 6. IDA in the 1990s: The Struggle for Power and Fairness in a Unipolar World -- 7. IDA in the New Millennium: Leadership in Transition? -- 8. China's Ascendancy: Influence from Within and Impact from Outside
Summary China's initiative to establish the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), attracting membership from G7 countries against the vocal opposition of the United States, has been recognised as a significant moment in an ongoing hegemonic transition. This book examines how power transitions have played out in the World Bank over the last five decades, offering the first authentic account of the international diplomacy behind donor financing of the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA). Jiajun Xu decodes how the United States amplified its influence at the World Bank despite its flagging financial contributions to IDA. She further demonstrates that the widening influence-to-contribution disparity provoked other donors into taking 'exit/voice' measures, contesting the hegemon's legitimacy. A rising China initially decided to become an IDA donor, seeking influence from within. However, the entrenched hegemonic position of the United States in World Bank governance drove China to initiate the AIIB and New Development Bank, putting competitive pressures on the US-centred multilateral institutions to adapt.-- Provided by Publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject World Bank.
SUBJECT World Bank fast
Weltbank gnd
Subject Economic assistance, American.
Economic development -- International cooperation
Diplomatic relations
Economic assistance, American
Economic development -- International cooperation
Entwicklungsbank
Entwicklungsfinanzierung
Entwicklungshilfe
Weltwirtschaft
Großmacht
SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- Developing countries
Subject Developing countries
United States
USA
China
Form Electronic book
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