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American Politics, the Presidency of the World Bank, and Development Policy

dc.contributor.author Lavelle, Kathryn C.
dc.date.accessioned 2013-04-11T16:08:27Z
dc.date.available 2013-04-11T16:08:27Z
dc.date.issued 2013-03
dc.description.abstract The World Bank's president has been an American by tradition. Yet little work has explored the consequences for this connection in influencing visions of development in the organization across time. This paper uses evidence from archives, congressional hearing records, and memoirs and histories of World Bank presidents to investigate United States-World Bank relations and development policy during four presidencies--Eugene Meyer, Eugene Black, Robert McNamara, and James Wolfensohn. The author argues that at times the political arrangements had the effect of pushing the Bank toward greater institutional independence from the United States, particularly when partisanship in American politics rose and new United States presidential administrations came into office with the World Bank president's term holding over from before. At other times, United States-World Bank connections pulled the Bank into foreign policy issues in the United States that the Bank might not otherwise have addressed when advocates pressed their case on Capitol Hill. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/03/17408303/american-politics-presidency-world-bank-development-policy
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13147
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6377
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ACCESS TO CAPITAL
dc.subject ACCESS TO CREDIT
dc.subject ALLIANCES
dc.subject APPOINTEES
dc.subject ASSETS
dc.subject AUTONOMY
dc.subject BANK LOANS
dc.subject BANK OF CANADA
dc.subject BANK OFFICIALS
dc.subject BANKING SECTOR
dc.subject BOARD MEMBER
dc.subject BOARD MEMBERS
dc.subject CAPITAL FLOWS
dc.subject CAPITAL MARKETS
dc.subject CEO
dc.subject CIVIL SERVANT
dc.subject COLLECTIVE
dc.subject COMMERCIAL BANKS
dc.subject COMPANY
dc.subject CORRUPTION
dc.subject CREDITWORTHINESS
dc.subject DEBT
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT BANKS
dc.subject ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject ECONOMIC POLICY
dc.subject EMERGENCY COMMITTEE
dc.subject EMERGING MARKETS
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subject EXECUTIVE AGREEMENTS
dc.subject FAMINE
dc.subject FEDERAL RESERVE
dc.subject FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject FINANCIAL MARKETS
dc.subject FINANCIAL SERVICES
dc.subject FINANCIAL SYSTEM
dc.subject FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
dc.subject FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
dc.subject FOREIGN AFFAIRS
dc.subject FOREIGN CURRENCY
dc.subject FOREIGN RELATIONS
dc.subject FREE PRESS
dc.subject GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
dc.subject GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS
dc.subject HUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subject INDIVIDUALS
dc.subject INEQUALITY
dc.subject INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
dc.subject INITIATIVE
dc.subject INSURANCE
dc.subject INSURANCE COMPANIES
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL LAW
dc.subject INVESTMENT BANKING
dc.subject ISOLATIONISM
dc.subject JUDICIAL SYSTEMS
dc.subject JUSTICE
dc.subject LEADERSHIP
dc.subject LEGISLATION
dc.subject LENDING POLICIES
dc.subject LIMITED
dc.subject LOAN
dc.subject LOAN CONDITIONS
dc.subject MIGRATION
dc.subject MULTILATERALISM
dc.subject MUNICIPAL BONDS
dc.subject NARROW BANKING
dc.subject NATIONAL BANK
dc.subject NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subject NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject PARTNERSHIP
dc.subject PENSION FUNDS
dc.subject POLITICAL PARTIES
dc.subject POLITICAL PARTY
dc.subject PRIVATE BANKS
dc.subject PRIVATE ENTERPRISE
dc.subject PRIVATE INVESTORS
dc.subject PROCUREMENT
dc.subject PROTéGé
dc.subject SAFETY
dc.subject SAFETY NET
dc.subject SANCTION
dc.subject SAVINGS
dc.subject SAVINGS BANKS
dc.subject SCHOLARSHIP
dc.subject SECURITIES
dc.subject SHAREHOLDER
dc.subject SOCIAL WELFARE
dc.subject SOCIETY
dc.subject SOURCES OF FINANCE
dc.subject STAKEHOLDERS
dc.subject TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject UNIVERSITIES
dc.subject WAR
dc.subject WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.title American Politics, the Presidency of the World Bank, and Development Policy en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.date.disclosure 2013-03-01
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/03/17408303/american-politics-presidency-world-bank-development-policy
okr.globalpractice Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpractice Finance and Markets
okr.globalpractice Governance
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-6377
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000158349_20130304131353
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 17408303
okr.identifier.report WPS6377
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2013/03/04/000158349_20130304131353/Rendered/PDF/wps6377.pdf en
okr.region.country UNITED STATES
okr.topic Law and Development :: Corporate Law
okr.topic Urban Development :: Hazard Risk Management
okr.topic Banks and Banking Reform
okr.topic Finance and Financial Sector Development :: Access to Finance
okr.topic Public Sector Corruption and Anticorruption Measures
okr.topic Public Sector Development
okr.unit Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume 1 of 1
relation.isSeriesOfPublication 26e071dc-b0bf-409c-b982-df2970295c87
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