ABSTRACT
Even casual observers of world politics recognize the significance of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank as major players in global economic governance. These two organizations make headlines daily and are often cast as heroes or villains in analyses of their roles in governing the global political economy. Along with the World Trade Organization, the IMF and World Bank are among the most studied formal organizations. However, to understand global economic governance more completely it is necessary to move beyond this triad to include other formal institutions that play essential roles in governing the global economy.
