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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461410503321

Titolo

Reforming the governance of the IMF and the World Bank / / edited by Ariel Buira [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Anthem Press, , 2005

ISBN

1-283-37709-8

9786613377098

0-85728-818-0

0-85728-714-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 308 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Anthem politics and international relations

Disciplina

332.1/52

Soggetti

Corporate governance

Developing countries Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

The Bretton Woods Institutions : governance with legitimacy? / Ariel Buira -- Reforming the International Monetary Fund : towards enhanced accountability and legitimacy / Vijay L. Kelkar [and others] -- Improving IMF governance and increasing the influence of developing countries in IMF decision-making / Murilo Portugal -- Issues on IMF governance and representation : an evaluation of alternative options / Guillermo Le Fort V -- Making the IMF and the World Bank more accountable / Ngaire Woods -- Purchasing power parities and comparisons of GDP in IMF quota calculations/ John B. McLenaghan -- Measuring vulnerability : capital flows volatility in the quota formula / Laura dos Reis -- Enhancing the voice of developing countries in the World Bank : selective double majority voting and a pilot phase approach / Cord Jakobeit -- Voting power implications of a double majority voting procedure in the IMF's executive board / Jonathan R. Strand and David P. Rapkin -- Power versus weight in IMF governance : the possible beneficial implicatioins of a United European Bloc vote / Dennis Leech and Robert Leech -- Changing IMF quotas : the role of the United States Congress / J. Lawrence Broz.

Sommario/riassunto

A radical and comprehensive review of the practices of governance



within one of the world's most important and influential organizations.