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Challenges To The World Bank And Imf »

Authors: Ariel Buira
ISBN-13: 9781843311416, ISBN-10: 1843311410
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Anthem Press
Date Published: September 2000
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Ariel Buira

Ariel Buira is Director of the G24 Secretariat. He has been Special Envoy of the President of Mexico for the UN Conference on Financing for Development, Ambassador of Mexico, Member of the Board of Governors of the Bank of Mexico and Executive Director of the IMF.

Book Synopsis

A unique title considering the challenges to the World Bank’s development goals and reducing world poverty.

	Contributors to this volume
	Foreword
	Introduction	1
1	The Governance of the IMF in a Global Economy	13
2	Who pays for the IMF?	37
3	An Analysis of IMF Conditionality	55
4	Achieving Long-Term Debt Sustainability in Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs)	91
5	The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Approach: Good Marketing or Good Policy?	119
6	Capital Management Techniques in Developing Countries	141
7	International Reserves to Short-Term External Debt as an Indicator of External Vulnerability: The Experience of Mexico and Other Emerging Economies	175
8	Mechanisms for Dialogue and Debt-Crisis Workout that Can Strengthen Sovereign Lending to Developing Countries	203
9	Developing a Global Partnership for Development	227
10	International Financial Institutions and International Public Goods: Operational Implications for the World Bank	251
	Index	267