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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827312503321

Titolo

Networks of influence? : developing countries in a networked global order / / edited by Leonardo Martinez-Diaz and Ngaire Woods

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-383-04623-9

0-19-160984-6

1-282-26866-X

9786612268663

0-19-156983-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Altri autori (Persone)

Martinez-DiazLeonardo <1976->

WoodsNgaire

Disciplina

332/.042091724

Soggetti

International finance

Finance - Developing countries

Capitalists and financiers - Social networks - Developing countries

Developing countries Foreign economic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2009.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Contributors; Abbreviation List; Introduction: Developing Countries in a Networked Global Order; 1. The G20: A Practitioner's Perspective; 2. The G20 After Eight Years: How Effective a Vehicle for Developing-country Influence?; 3. Finance Ministers and Central Bankers in East Asian Financial Cooperation; 4. Voice for the Weak: ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Groups on African Countries Emerging from Conflict; 5. The Commission for Africa: A View Through the Prism of Networks; 6. Africa's G4 Network

7. The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries' Finance Ministers' Network8. Networking of Senior Budget Officials; 9. The Centre for Latin American Monetary Studies and its Central Bankers' Networks; Conclusion: Networks of Influence?; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the proliferation of government networks among



officials from developing countries, especially in the field of international financial matters. Through a series of eight case studies written by 'insiders' of the networks, the book explores the relationship between these networks and international organizations.