Research Catalog

Title

Reforming the governance of the IMF and the World Bank / edited by Ariel Buira.

Publication

Chicago : Anthem Press, 2005.

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Additional Authors

Buira, Ariel.

Description

xvi, 308 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

• Corporate governance
• World Bank Management > Evaluation
• Developing countries > Economic policy
• International Monetary Fund Management > Evaluation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. The Bretton Woods institutions : governance without legitimacy? / Ariel Buira -- 3. Reforming the international monetary fund : towards enhanced accountability and legitimacy / Vijay L. Kelkar, Praveen K. Chaudhry, Marta Vanduzer-Snow and V. Bhaskar -- 4. Improving IMF governance and increasing the influence of developing countries in IMF decision-making / Murila Portugal -- 5. Issues on IMF governance and representation : an evaluation of alternative options / Guillermo Le Fort V. -- 6. Making the IMF and the World Bank more accountable / Ngaire Woods -- 7. Purchasing power parities and comparisons of GDP in IMF quota calculations / John B. McLenaghan -- 8. Measuring vulnerability : capital flows volatility in the quota formula / Laura dos Reis -- 9. Enhancing the voice of developing countries in the World Bank : selective double majority voting and a pilot phase approach / Cord Jakobeit -- 10. Voting power implications of a double majority voting procedure in the IMF's executive board / Jonathan R. Strand and David P. Rapkin -- 11. Power versus weight in IMF governance : the possible beneficial implications of a United European bloc vote / Dennis Leech and Robert Leech -- 12. Changing IMF quotas : the role of the United States Congress / J. Lawrence Broz.

ISBN

1843312115 (pbk.)

LCCN

2005033192

OCLC

• OCM62290601
• SCSB-5243009

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries