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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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