Controlling the World Bank and Imf - Shareholders, Stakeholders, and the Politics of Concessional Lending

Informationen zum Autor Liam Clegg is Lecturer in International Relations at the University of York, UK, where he previously held an Economic and Social Research Council Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. Previously, Liam was a Visiting Research Fellow at American University, USA, and at the American Political Science Association Centennial Centre, USA, where he carried out his research into the World Bank and IMF's concessional lending activities. Liam has had work exploring these areas published in a range of journals, including New Political Economy and Review of International Organizations. Klappentext Liam Clegg provides an innovative reading of where power lies in the institutions' concessional lending operations! drawing its focus on shareholders and stakeholders from staffs' own understandings of their operational environments. Zusammenfassung Liam Clegg provides an innovative reading of where power lies in the institutions' concessional lending operations! drawing its focus on shareholders and stakeholders from staffs' own understandings of their operational environments. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Shareholder Control and the Rise of Poverty Reduction at the World Bank 3. Shareholder Conflicts and the Rise of Social Spending at the IMF 4. The World Bank and the Reconstruction of Stakeholder Engagement 5. Apolitical Economy and the Limits to Stakeholder Engagement at the IMF 6. Conclusion

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Shareholder Control and the Rise of Poverty Reduction at the World Bank 3. Shareholder Conflicts and the Rise of Social Spending at the IMF 4. The World Bank and the Reconstruction of Stakeholder Engagement 5. Apolitical Economy and the Limits to Stakeholder Engagement at the IMF 6. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: L. Clegg, Liam Clegg
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349445752
• ISBN: 978-1-349-44575-2
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: International Political Economy Series; International Political Econom; International Political Economy Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Economic Policy, International Relations, International Economics, Political Economy, International institutions, International Organization, Management science, International Political Economy, Development Economics, Development economics & emerging economies, Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, International Political Economy’, Engagement;IWF;political economy;World Bank