Cross-conditionality Banking Regulation And Third-world Debt (international Political Economy Series)

The book examines the operation of International Monetary Fund and World Bank conditionality in six developing countries (Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico and Tanzania) and examines its effects on their economies. It draws conclusions and policy lessons for all developing countries as regards the operation of adjustment policies. The book also examines the regulatory treatment of Third World debt, both in the US, Canada and Europe, making specific policy suggestions for increasing flexibility in debt management. "Humor may surface in numerous and diverse contexts, which at the same time determine how humor works, its form, and its functions and consequences for interlocutors. Adopting a sociolinguistic and discourse analytic perspective, this study is aligned with approaches to humor exploring the variety of humorous genres, the wide range of sociopragmatic functions of humor, and the more or less dissimilar perceptions speakers may have concerning what humor is, what it means, and how it works. The chapters of this book propose a new theoretical approach to the analysis of humor by bringing context into focus. Furthermore, the study explores how we can teach about humor within a critical literacy framework creating classroom space for everyday humorous texts that are part of students' social realities, and simultaneously taking into account that humor may yield multiple, disparaging, and often conflicting interpretations. This book is intended to appeal to humor researchers from various disciplines (such as linguistics, media studies, cultural studies, literary studies, sociology, anthropology, folklore) as well as to professionals or researchers in education."--Publisher's description Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Political Economy of Banking Regulations....Pages 3-27 European Banking Regulations and Third-World Debt: The Technical, Political and Institutional Issues....Pages 28-51 Cross-conditionality or the Spread of Obligatory Adjustment: A Review of the Issues and Questions for Research....Pages 52-84 Front Matter....Pages 85-85 Adjustment and Conditionality in Chile (1982–88)....Pages 87-119 A Path in the Maze: Costa Rica, Cross-conditionality and Development....Pages 120-155 Sweet Entanglement: Argentina and the World Bank (1985–89)....Pages 156-190 Cross-conditionality: The Case of Mexico and the World Bank....Pages 191-226 Cross-conditionality and Obligatory Adjustment in the 1980s: The Case of Tanzania....Pages 227-264 Conditionalities and Cross-conditionalities in the 1980s: The Jamaican Experience....Pages 265-322 Conclusions....Pages 323-339 Back Matter....Pages 341-347