Globalization and the Nation State: The Impact of the IMF and the World Bank (Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy)

This book brings together an international team of contributors to assess the political economy of the IMF and World Bank programmes. The cutting-edge techniques of the new political economy are thus brought to bear on international issues for the first time. The book includes contributions from leading North American economists - Stephen Coate, Stephen Morris, Ravi Kanbur and Allen Drazen - as well as European-based analysts including Graham Bird and Frances Stewart. Whither conditionality? Who's in charge? ownership and conditionality in IMF-supported programs / James Boughton Policy conditionality / Stephen Coate and Stephen Morris Conditionality and ownership in IMF lending : a political economy approach / Allan Drazen Endogenous IMF conditionality : theoretical and empirical implications / Patrick Conway The international and domestic politics of IFI programs, the high politics of IMF lending / Strom C. Thacker Money talks : supplementary financiers and International Monetary Fund, conditionality / Erica Gould The World Bank and the reconstruction of the "social safety net" in Russia and Eastern Europe / Paul Mosley When the World Bank says yes : determinants of structural adjustment lending / Rodwan Abouharb and David Cingranelli The economic and political dimensions of IMF program demand and supply : a disaggregated approach / Graham Bird and Dane Rowlands The survival of political leaders and IMF programs : testing the scapegoat story / Alastair Smith and James Vreeland Do poverty reduction strategy papers empower developing countries and disempower the World Bank or vice-versa? / Frances Stewart and Michael Wang Possible reforms of the IFIS macroeconomic adjustment in IMF-supported programs : projections and reality / Rouben Atoian, Patrick Conway, Marcelo Selowsky, and Tsidi Tsikata The IMF and capital account crises : the case for a separate lender of last resort and conditionality functions / Thomas Willett Should the IMF discontinue its long-term lending role in developing countries? / Paul Mosley and Graham Bird IFIS and IPGS : operational implications for the World Bank / Ravi Kanbur Ownership, Dutch disease, and the World Bank / Gustav Ranis Reflections on the international infrastructure, why it matters who runs the IMF and the World Bank / Nancy Birdsall Do as I say not as I do : a critique of G-7 proposals on "reforming" the MBDS / Devesh Kapur. Who's in charge? ownership and conditionality in IMF-supported programs / James Boughton Policy conditionality / Stephen Coate and Stephen Morris Conditionality and ownership in IMF lending : a political economy approach / Allan Drazen Endogenous IMF conditionality : theoretical and empirical implications / Patrick Conway The high politics of IMF lending / Strom C. Thacker Money talks : supplementary financiers and International Monetary Fund, conditionality / Erica Gould The World Bank and the reconstruction of the "social safety net" in Russia and Eastern Europe / Paul Mosley When the World Bank says yes : determinants of structural adjustment lending / Rodwan Abouharb and David L. Cingranelli The demand for IMF assistance : what factors influence the decision to turn to the fund / Graham Bird and Dane Rowlands The survival of political leaders and IMF programs / Alastair Smith and James Vreeland Do PRSPs empower poor countries and disempower the World Bank,or is it the other way round? / Frances Stewart and Michael Wang Macroeconomic adjustment in IMF-supported programs : projections and reality / Rouben Atoian, Patrick Conway, Marcelo Selowsky, and Tsidi Tsikata The IMF and capital account crises : the case for a separate lender of last resort and conditionality functions / Thomas Willett Should the IMF discontinue its long-term lending role in developing countries? / Paul Mosley and Graham Bird IFIS and IPGS : operational implications for the World Bank / Ravi Kanbur Ownership, Dutch disease, and the World Bank / Gustav Ranis Why it matters who runs the IMF and the World Bank / Nancy Birdsall Do as I say not as I do : a critique of G-7 proposals on "reforming" the MBDS / Devesh Kapur. The debate on whether or not the International Monetary Fund and World Bank and their intervention strategies are a positive force for change in the developing world continues to rage. This book brings together an international team of contributors and centres upon three broad themes: The Ideology of the IMF and World Bank, Poverty Reduction, and Conditionality This book brings together an international team of contributors to assess the political economy of the IMF and World Bank programs. Contributors include Stephen Coate, Stephen Morris, Ravi Kanbur and Allen Drazen An international team of contributors assess the political economy of the IMF and World Bank programmes. The text will be an invaluable tool for international and development economists and policy-makers