ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |16 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part II The international and domestic politics of IFI programs

part |2 pages

PART IV Reflections on the international infrastructure