Behind the Development Banks - Washington Politics, World Poverty, and the Wealth of Nations

Informationen zum Autor Sarah Babb is associate professor of sociology at Boston College. She is the author of Managing Mexico: Economists from Nationalism to Neoliberalism and coauthor of Economy/Society: Markets! Meanings! and Social Structure. Klappentext The World Bank and other multilateral development banks (MDBs) carry out their mission to alleviate poverty and promote economic growth based on the advice of professional economists. This work argues that these organizations have also been indelibly shaped by Washington politics - particularly by the legislative branch and its power of the purse. Zusammenfassung The World Bank and other multilateral development banks (MDBs) carry out their mission to alleviate poverty and promote economic growth based on the advice of professional economists. This work argues that these organizations have also been indelibly shaped by Washington politics - particularly by the legislative branch and its power of the purse.

Product details

• Authors: BABB, Sarah Babb, Sarah L. Babb, BABB SARAH
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2009
• EAN: 9780226033648
• ISBN: 978-0-226-03364-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking, Banking, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies