The political economy of regional development banks -- Towards a new political economy view of the Inter-American Development Bank -- The IDB's role in South American political economy in the 1990s -- Argentina in the political economy of the Americas -- The IDB's role in the internationalisation of Argentine electricity public utilities -- The IDB's development role in the decline of the convertibility regime -- Conclusion
Summary
The crisis of the current global financial order is challenging us to critically reflect on how this order has been driven, and the development outcomes produced by its central political and economic actors. There is a great deal of academic knowledge about the role of the international financial institutions, powerful states and capital markets in international development, but there is little understanding of how regional dynamics and regional institutions influence global governance and developing countries. This book offers an independent and grounded investigation concerning the