LEADER 03393nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910778325003321 005 20230207230520.0 010 $a1-383-04623-9 010 $a0-19-160984-6 010 $a1-282-26866-X 010 $a9786612268663 010 $a0-19-156983-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000788810 035 $a(EBL)472057 035 $a(OCoLC)654777810 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000209508 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11184143 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000209508 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10266795 035 $a(PQKB)11290478 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL472057 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10329647 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL226866 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC472057 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000788810 100 $a20081117d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aNetworks of influence?$b[electronic resource] $edeveloping countries in a networked global order /$fedited by Leonardo Martinez-Diaz and Ngaire Woods 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (295 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-956442-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $a7. 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 330 $aNetworks are thriving in global politics. Some bring policy-makers from different countries together to share problems and to forge possible solutions, free from rules of representation, decision-making, and transparency which constrain more formal international organizations. This book asks whether developing countries can benefit from such networks? Or are they safer to conduct their international relations in formal institutions? The answer varies. The key lies in how the networkis structured and what it sets out to achieve. This book presents a fascinating account of how some networks have 606 $aInternational finance 606 $aFinance$zDeveloping countries 606 $aCapitalists and financiers$xSocial networks$zDeveloping countries 607 $aDeveloping countries$xForeign economic relations 615 0$aInternational finance. 615 0$aFinance 615 0$aCapitalists and financiers$xSocial networks 676 $a332/.042091724 701 $aMartinez-Diaz$b Leonardo$f1976-$01511010 701 $aWoods$b Ngaire$0266677 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778325003321 996 $aNetworks of influence$93854357 997 $aUNINA