International financial institutions and their challenges : a global guide for future methods / by Lessambo, Felix I.

Table of Contents: “…The bretton woods & affiliates institutions -- The international financial institutions : architecture, flaws and legitimacy -- The international monetary fund -- The World Bank -- The international finance corporation -- The international development association -- The international center for the settlement of investment disputes -- The mutual investment guarantee agency -- The bank for international settlement -- The regional development banks -- The inter-American development bank -- The European Development Bank -- The Council of Europe Development Bank -- The Asian Development Bank -- The African Development Bank -- The Latin America Development Bank -- The Caribbean Development Bank -- The Islamic Development Bank -- The international investment banks -- The European Investment Bank -- The Nordic investment bank -- Conclusion.…”
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International financial institutions and global legal governance /

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The Bank for International Settlements : evolution and evaluation by Baker, James C., 1935-

Table of Contents: “…The Bank for International Settlements and Other International Financial Institutions --…”
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Global issues for global citizens : an introduction to key development challenges

Table of Contents: “…The role of the international financial institutions in addressing global issues /…”
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Autonomous policy making by international organizations

Table of Contents: “…The crucial role of International Financial Institutions in assisting Eastern European reforms --…”
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Integrating Human Rights into Development : Donor Approaches, Experiences and Challenges

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Does foreign aid really work? by Riddell, Roger

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Development organizations by Schaaf, Rebecca

Table of Contents: “…Doing development -- Supranational governance -- International financial institutions -- The state -- Private sector organizations and global trade and investment -- International non-governmental organizations -- Community-based organizations and civil society -- Conclusion: doing development in a globalized world.…”
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Global monitoring report 2007 : millenium development goals : confronting the challenges of gender equality and fragile states.

Table of Contents: “…Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Millennium Development Goals; Report Overview; Boxes; Figures; Tables; Millennium Development Goals -- Charting Progress; 1 Growth, Poverty Reduction, and Environmental Sustainability; 2 The Role of Quality in MDG Progress; 3 Promoting Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment; 4 Aid, Debt Relief, and Trade: Making Commitments Work; 5 Monitoring the Performance of International Financial Institutions; References; Statistical Appendix.…”
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A strategy for development by Stern, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…Investment and Poverty: The Role of the International Financial Institutions.…”
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Handbook of global economic policy

Table of Contents: “…Corporatism in South Africa; International Financial Institutions and the Politics of Structural Adjustment; Mechanisms for Labor Harmony Dispute Resolution in the Industrial Courts of Kenya and Zambia; Industrial Policy and Regional Development A Diachronic Comparison of Japanese and South Korean Economic Strategies.…”
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Investing with confidence : understanding political risk management in the 21st century

Table of Contents: “…Global Finance and Potential for Political Risk Insurance; Toward a Greater Depoliticization of Investment Disputes: The Roles of ICSID and MIGA; The Global Financial Crisis and the Future of International Financial Institutions; Principles and Development of Islamic Finance; Sovereign Wealth Funds, Financial Crisis, and Management of Noncommercial Risk; The Changing Face of Political Risk; Part II. …”
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Availability of credit and secured transactions in a time of crisis

Table of Contents: “…Halliday -- The creation of international commercial law standards by international financial institutions -- why they do it and whether they should / Spiros V. …”
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Global Monitoring Report 2009 : a Development Emergency. by Bank, World

Table of Contents: “…Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview; Boxes; MDGs: Crisis Impact and Outlook; Figures; 1 The Global Financial Crisis and Its Impact on Developing Countries; Tables; 2 Improving the Private Investment Climate for Recovery and Growth; 3 Leveraging the Private Sector Role in Human Development; 4 Scaling Up Aid to Poor Countries; 5 Pressing Ahead with Trade Openness; 6 International Financial Institutions: Crisis Response and Support for the Private Sector; References; Annex: Monitoring the MDGs: Selected Indicators.…”
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Globalization alternatives : strategies for the new international economy

Table of Contents: “…Institutions and policies -- 5. International financial institutions (IFIs) -- 6. Coping with state-led unglobalization -- 7. …”
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Introduction to International Disaster Management. by Coppola, Damon P.

Table of Contents: “…Front cover; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Acronyms; CHAPTER 1: The Management of Disasters; CHAPTER 2: Hazards; CHAPTER 3: Risk and Vulnerability; CHAPTER 4: Mitigation; CHAPTER 5: Preparedness; CHAPTER 6: Response; CHAPTER 7: Recovery; CHAPTER 8: Participants: Governmental Disaster Management Agencies; CHAPTER 9: Participants: Nongovernmental Organizations (Including the Private Sector and Academia); CHAPTER 10: Participants: Multilateral Organizations and International Financial Institutions; CHAPTER 11: Special Considerations.…”
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Regulating transnational corporations in domestic and international regimes : an African case study by Oshionebo, Evaristus, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…The social irresponsibility of transnational corporations in Africa's extractive industries -- Regulation of corporations : competing models -- Environmental regulation in Nigeria and Ghana : two case studies of regulatory failure in the African extractive sector -- Complementary regulatory strategies : self-regulation and the role of civil society organizations in Nigeria and Ghana -- Multilateral African regulatory mechanisms -- The regulation of transnational corporations under international law -- International financial institutions as regulatory mechanisms : the World Bank Group and the African extractive sector -- Extraterritorial regulation of transnational corporations in their home countries -- Towaards effective regulation of transnational corporations.…”
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Regulating transnational corporations in domestic and international regimes : an African case study by Oshionebo, Evaristus, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…The social irresponsibility of transnational corporations in Africa's extractive industries -- Regulation of corporations : competing models -- Environmental regulation in Nigeria and Ghana : two case studies of regulatory failure in the African extractive sector -- Complementary regulatory strategies : self-regulation and the role of civil society organizations in Nigeria and Ghana -- Multilateral African regulatory mechanisms -- The regulation of transnational corporations under international law -- International financial institutions as regulatory mechanisms : the World Bank Group and the African extractive sector -- Extraterritorial regulation of transnational corporations in their home countries -- Towaards effective regulation of transnational corporations.…”
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The politics of international law

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The politics of international law; 3 When states use armed force; 4 Soft law, hard politics, and the Climate Change Treaty; 5 Emerging customary norms and anti-personnel landmines; 6 International law, politics, and migrant rights; 7 The International Criminal Court; 8 The Kosovo bombing campaign; 9 International financial institutions; 10 Law, politics, and international governance; 11 Society, power, and ethics; Bibliography; Index.…”
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The sword of Damocles : U.S. financial hegemony in Colombia and Chile, 1950-1970 by Kofas, Jon V.

Table of Contents: “…FOREIGN POLICY, THE MULTILATERAL BANKS, AND FOREIGN BORROWING UNDER GÓMEZ -- COFFEE DEPENDENCE AND FOREIGN BORROWING UNDER THE ROJAS DICTATORSHIP -- THE COMMERCIAL DEBT CRISIS, THE STABILIZATION OF 1956, AND THE FALL OF ROJAS -- THE JUNTA AND THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, 1957-1958 -- 3 Foreign Borrowing and Developmentalism under the National Front -- COFFEE CRISIS AND STABILIZATION UNDER LLERAS CAMARGO -- LABOR UNREST, THE CUBAN REVOLUTION, AND THE IMF STANDBY ARRANGEMENT -- THE TEN-YEAR PLAN AND THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- COLOMBIAN-EUROPEAN FINANCIAL RELATIONS AND THE U.S. …”
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Economic governance in the age of globalization by Tabb, William K.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: The Verb and the Noun; Chapter Three: Debating Globalization; Chapter Four: The Nature and Scope of International Political Economy; Chapter Five: The Postwar Economic Order and Global State Economic Governance Institutions; Chapter Six: Clubs, Soft Law and International Financial Institutions; Chapter Seven: The Bretton Woods Institutions in Operation; Chapter Eight: Finance: Orthodox and Heterodox; Chapter Nine: Transnational Corporations and Trade Theory; Chapter Ten: From International Trade Organization to World Trade Organization.…”
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Civil society

Table of Contents: “…; 4 Third Party Liability and International Financial Institutions; 5 Is There a World Courthouse on Foley Square? …”
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International Relations of Sub-Saharan Africa. by Taylor, Ian

Table of Contents: “…Africa and the International Financial InstitutionsChapter Eight: Oil and Its Impact on Africa's International Relations; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Weapon of the strong : conversations on US state terrorism

Table of Contents: “…Patrick Bond: International financial institutions and the economics of terrorism -- 10. …”
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New perspectives on foreign aid and economic development

Table of Contents: “…Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I Allocation of International Aid -- 1 Modeling Intertemporal Aid Allocation to Papua New Guinea -- 2 Multilateral Aid Coordination by the International Financial Institutions -- 3 Aid Principles and Policy -- 4 Interventions, Accountability, and Aid -- 5 Foreign Aid and Donor Export Performance -- 6 Coordinated and Uncoordinated Foreign Aid -- Part II Impact of Aid on Development -- 7 Empirical Evidence of the Relationship between Foreign Aid and Economic Growth…”
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Yemen : background, issues, and Al Qaeda role

Table of Contents: “…SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION LENDING; OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN JOHN F. …”
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Turbulent Waters : Cross-Border Finance and International Commerce. by Bryant, Ralph C., 1938-

Table of Contents: “…10 Priorities for Architectural Reform: Prudential Financial Oversight, Crisis Management, and the Mandate for the IMF -- 11 Single-Nation and Systemic Guidelines for Cross- Border Finance -- 12 A Perspective on Financial Activity and Financial Turbulence -- 13 The Evolution of International Financial Governance -- Appendix The IMF and Other International Financial Institutions -- References -- Author Index -- Index.…”
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Africa in international politics : external involvement on the continent

Table of Contents: “…Hurt -- The international financial institutions' relations with Africa : insights from the issue of representation and voice / Caroline Thomas -- From Congo to Congo : United Nations peacekeeping in Africa / Adekeye Adebajo.…”
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Debating the global financial architecture

Table of Contents: “…Cohen -- Reforming the international financial institutions: dueling experts in the United States / C. …”
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IMF essays from a time of crisis : the international financial system, stabilization, and development by Fischer, Stanley

Table of Contents: “…On the need for an international lender of last resort / Stanley Fischer -- The IMF and the world Bank at fifty / Stanley Fischer -- The IMF and the Asian crisis / Stanley Fischer -- The role of the IMF : presentation to the International Financial Institution Advisory Commission / Stanley Fischer -- Capital account liberalization and the role of the IMF / Stanley Fischer -- Reforming the international financial system / Stanley Fischer -- Modern central banking / Stanley Fischer -- Exchange rate regimes : Is the bipolar view correct? …”
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IMF essays from a time of crisis : the international financial system, stabilization, and development by Fischer, Stanley

Table of Contents: “…On the need for an international lender of last resort / Stanley Fischer -- The IMF and the world Bank at fifty / Stanley Fischer -- The IMF and the Asian crisis / Stanley Fischer -- The role of the IMF : presentation to the International Financial Institution Advisory Commission / Stanley Fischer -- Capital account liberalization and the role of the IMF / Stanley Fischer -- Reforming the international financial system / Stanley Fischer -- Modern central banking / Stanley Fischer -- Exchange rate regimes : Is the bipolar view correct? …”
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Theory and practice of transboundary environmental impact assessment

Table of Contents: “…Transboundary environmental impact assessment: an introduction / Kees Bastmeijer and Timo Koivurova -- The Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a transboundary context / Wiecher Schrage -- Environmental impact assessment and the framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea / Rie Tsutsumi & Kristy Robinson -- Transboundary environmental impact assessment: the Nordic Environmental Protection Convention / Timo Koivurova -- Transboundary environmental impact assessment in North America: obstacles and opportunities / Neil Craik -- Assessment of transboundary environmental impacts in developing countries: the case of Central America / Marianela Cedeño -- Environmental impact assessment in the Bay of Bengal sub region in South Asia / Daud Hassan -- Implementing guidelines for environmental impact assessment in the Arctic / Timo Koivurova -- Environmental impact assessment in Antarctica / Kees Bastmeijer and Ricardo Roura -- Environmental impact assessment and the international seabed authority / Gwénaëlle Le Gurun -- Environmental impact assessment in the space sector / Lotta Viikari -- The World Bank and environmental impact assessment / Jean-Roger Mercier -- Implementing the ESPOO convention: an international financial institution perspective / Elizabeth Smith -- The equator principles: a voluntary approach / by Bankers Leonie Schreve -- Conclusions: globalisation of transboundary environmental impact assessment / Kees Bastmeijer and Timo Koivurova.…”
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Social Capital and Social Cohesion in Post-Soviet Russia. by Twigg, Judyth L.

Table of Contents: “…The Role of International Financial Institutions During the Transition in Russia; 15. …”
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The HIV pandemic : local and global implications

Table of Contents: “…The HIV pandemic and health systems: an introduction -- The evolving HIV pandemic -- Social and economic impact of the HIV pandemic -- Determinants of the HIV pandemic in developing countries -- HIV prevention programmes: an overview -- Antiretroviral treatment and care of HIV -- HIV vaccines: development and future use -- Ethical issues and HAART -- Legal and human rights implications -- Strategic information for HIV programmes -- The contribution of cost-effectiveness analysis -- Botswana -- Ethiopia -- Nigeria -- Senegal -- South Africa -- Uganda -- Cambodia -- China -- India -- Indonesia -- The Philippines -- Thailand -- Barbados -- Cuba -- Haiti -- Jamaica -- Argentina -- Brazil -- Costa Rica -- France -- Italy -- Russian Federation -- Spain -- Ukraine -- The United Kingdom -- Canada -- Mexico -- The United States of America -- The UN response to the HIV pandemic -- Donor, lender and research agencies' response to the HIV crisis -- Financing HIV: the roles of international financial institutions -- Fiscal and macroeconomic aspects of the HIV pandemic -- Trade, intellectual property and access to affordable HIV medications -- Country-level public-private partnerships for successful HIV treatment programmes -- Developing human resources for the HIV pandemic -- The contribution of civil society -- The role of community involvement in HIV programmes in South Africa -- Responding effectively to the HIV pandemic -- Some lessons learned.…”
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Democratic futures : revisioning democracy promotion by Kurki, Milja

Table of Contents: “…5 The poverty of state-based democracy: cosmopolitan models of democracy6 Orientations towards the empirical study of conceptual orders in democracy promotion; Part IIPolitico-economic models of democracy in democracy promotion practice; 7 Liberal democracy: its multiple meanings in United States democracy promotion; 8 The European Union: a fuzzy liberal democracy promoter; 9 Democracy promotion by non-state actors: alternative models in action?; 10 International financial institutions and democracy promotion; Part IIIConclusions and policy provocations.…”
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International financial management by Agarwal, O. P.

Table of Contents: “…COVER; Contents; CHAPTER 1 : Multinational Corporation and its International Environment; CHAPTER 2 : Multinational Corporation -- its rational goals and constraints; CHAPTER 3 : International financial markets; CHAPTER 4 : Offshore Banking Centres and Management of Risks; CHAPTER 5 : Foreign Exchange Risks; CHAPTER 6 : Balance of Payments; CHAPTER 7 : International Banking; CHAPTER 8 : Foreign Exchange Market; CHAPTER 9 : Exchange Rate Quotation and Determination; CHAPTER 10 : Option Forwards and Swap; CHAPTER 11 : International Financial Institutions.…”
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Independent evaluation at the IMF : the first decade

Table of Contents: “…; PART I: THE VISION OF IEO DIRECTORS; 2 IEO: Achievements and a Vision for the Future; 3 IEO: The Initial Vision and a Vision for the Future; 4 IEO: Reminiscences of the Early Years; PART II: STUDIES OF INDEPENDENT EVALUATION AT THE IMF; 5 The Logic of Evaluation Independence and Its Relevance to International Financial Institutions; 6 A Brief History of the IEO.…”
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International Courts and Tribunals Between Globalisation and Localism. by Del Vecchio, Angela

Table of Contents: “…INTERNATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALS AND THE INSPECTION, REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE MECHANISMS IN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS""; ""CHAPTER 3: REGIONAL IMPACTS OF GLOBALISATION AND NEW COURTS AND TRIBUNALS""…”
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Directions of change in rural Egypt

Table of Contents: “…Facing Structural Adjustment: Strategies of Peasants, the State, and the International Financial Institutions Ray BushII. CULTURAL REPRESENTATION: IDENTITY; 5. …”
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A partnership transformed : three decades of cooperation between the Asian Development Bank and the People's Republic of China in support of reform and opening up by Wihtol, Robert

Table of Contents: “…The PRC Becomes a Major Supplier of Goods and ServicesChapter 6-Globalization and Regional Cooperation; The ADB Annual Meeting Is Held in Shanghai; The PRC Expands South-South Cooperation; Deepening Regional Cooperation; Strong Performance and New Challenges; A Revitalized Country Strategy and Program; The Second Country Assistance Program Evaluation; Operational Summary; Chapter 7-Stimulus and Redistribution; The Two-Way Partnership Expands Quickly; Nonsovereign and Private Sector Operations Also Expand; The Ministry of Finance: International Financial Institutions Foster Innovation…”
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