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Global
Financial Reform: How? Why? When?
This volume contains papers by NSI President
Roy Culpeper and Devesh Kapur of Harvard University
on the role of international financial institutions
in the financial sector and on processes for reforming
the global financial architecture. (Tumbled English
and French).
ISBN 1-896770-32-0
86 pages $15
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The
Multilateral Development Banks Series
(Co-published
with Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.)
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The
African Development Bank
Volume 1
E.
Philip English and Harris M. Mule
During
its more than 30 years of existence, the African Development
Bank has had to operate in a politically unstable setting
and among stagnant economic regimes. Of all the regional
development banks, the African Bank continues to draw
strong criticism of its lending programs and policies.
Authors English and Mule focus on the unique strengths
and challenges facing the Bank on a continent where
many of the world's poorest live.
1996
ISBN 0-921942-84-2
213 pages $25
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The
Asian Development Bank
Volume 2
Nihal
Kappagoda
This
book delves into the policies and projects of the Asian
Development Bank (AsDB), tracing its operations from
its creation in 1966. Drawing on case studies, Kappagoda
studies whether the AsDB has been an effective agent
of development or a clone of the World Bank. He assesses
the Bank's ability to take on new challenges, including
governance, military spending, protection of the environment,
and gender-sensitive strategies, as well as its capacity
to improve the "policy environment."
1995
ISBN 0-921942-78-8
199 pages $25
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The
Caribbean Development Bank
Volume 3
Chandra
Hardy
An examiniation
of the record of the Caribbean Development Bank, a subregional
bank, this study provides a brief history of the Bank.
It also reviews its performance as a lender and mobilizer
of resources, as well as its impact on growth, poverty,
and the environment. Hardy urges the Bank to define
its niche in relation to the World Bank and the Inter-American
Development Bank, to take a leading role in strengthening
regional institutions, and to expand its lending programs.
1995
ISBN 0-921942-80-X
133 pages $25
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The
Inter-American Development Bank
Volume 4
Diana
Tussie
An extensive
survey of the performance of the Inter-American Development
Bank (IDB), this volume establishes the IDB as the leading
institution in the region today, providing financial,
technical, and intellectual resources to Latin America
and the Caribbean. Tussie focuses on the dynamic of
the IDB's relationship with the World Bank and on the
impact of American foreign policy on the region and
the Bank. The IDB's record in three countries--Argentina,
Bolivia, and Costa Rica--is examined.
1995
ISBN 0-921942-83-4
165 pages $25
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Titans
or Behemoths?
Volume 5
Roy
Culpeper
This
final volume in the five title series on the multilateral
development banks (MDBs), examines the effectiveness
of the MDBs and studies the overarching role of the
World Bank. Arguing for a process of reform of the global
governance system rather than its reinvention under
a new framework, Culpeper urges the MDBs to build upon
their efforts to improve transparency and accountability.
Rejecting the "tide of cynicism and disillusionment
over international cooperation," Culpeper concludes
that a rule-based global community which needs to tackle
such problems as environmental collapse and mass poverty
requires effective institutions acting in the public
interest.
1997
ISBN 0-921942-88-5
191 pages $25
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Other
Titles on the Development Banks
Shocks
and Strategies: Jamaica and the Caribbean Development
Bank
George
Reid
In examining
Jamaica's experience with the Caribbean Development
Bank, this study raises some important and controversial
issues about Jamaica's relations with multilateral institutions,
including the Inter-American Development Bank and the
World Bank.
1995
ISBN 0-921942-77-X
39 pages $12
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Middle
Power Clout: Sweden and the Development Banks
Jan
Rudengren
This
book examines Sweden's participation in the regional
development banks. It analyzes the policy and commercial
interests that influence Swedish positions in the banks
and looks at the alliances with Nordic and other countries
(including Canada) within the multilateral system.
1995
ISBN 0-921942-76-1
95 pages $12
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Canada
and the Global Governors: Reforming the Multilateral
Development Banks
Roy
Culpeper
From
1945 until 1992, Canada contributed some $7.1 billion
to the World Bank and the four regional development
banks. This report examines Canada's achievements in
promoting development, pursuing foreign policy goals,
and opening commercial markets through its contributions.
1994 ISBN
0-921942-66-4
36 pages $12
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High
Stakes and Low Incomes: Canada and the Development Banks
Roy
Culpeper
and Andrew
Clark
With
commitments of $19.1 billion in cash and callable capital,
Canada has had high stakes in the World Bank and the
four regional development banks. This study surveys
the banks' successes in reducing poverty and stimulating
growth, and assesses what influence Canada's activist
stance has achieved.
1994
ISBN 0-921942-73-7
109 pages $15
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Other
Finance Titles
Global
Development Fifty Years After Bretton Woods
Edited
by Roy
Culpeper, Albert Berry, and Frances Stewart
(Co-published with Macmillan Press Ltd, UK)
A collection
of papers by 15 leading thinkers from both North and
South, this volume presents a constructive critique
of the Bretton Woods system, and suggests a series of
reforms, some sweeping (an international taxation scheme
to replace development assistance), and some tightly
focused (international negotiations aimed at the trade
problems of the poorest countries). Written in honour
of Gerald K. Helleiner, these essays are a blueprint
for a more equitable global economy in the 21st century.
1997
ISBN 1-896770-00-2
369 pages $35
Development
and Global Governance
Edited
by Roy
Culpeper and Caroline Pestieau
(Co-published with the International Development
Research Centre)
Fifty
years on, the reform of the Bretton Woods institutions,
the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund
(IMF), has become a lively issue. The G-7 countries
took a first cut at this subject at the 1995 Halifax
Summit, and the debate continues. Prior to the summit,
a group of experts from all continents met to give challenging
advice to the summiteers and beyond, ranging from the
view that the G-7 itself is in eclipse to an argument
for turning the IMF into a central world bank. This
book contains the seven papers and a summary of the
discussion from that meeting.
1996
ISBN 0-921942-97-4
147 pages $20
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