A former banker and staff member of the International Monetary Fund, Louis W. Pauly explains why people are deeply concerned about the emergence of a global economy and the increasingly integrated cap
After a history of funding environmentally costly megaprojects, the World Bank now claims that it is trying to become a leading force for sustainable development. For more than a decade, nongovernmen
Clearing landmines, rehabilitating and integrating of excombatants, rebuilding the infrastructure, coordinating aid sources—these are just some of the issues confronting the Bank in post-conflict reco
Examines the traditional interpretation of riba (translated as usury or interest ) and the attempts of modern Islamic banks to put that interpretation into practice. The first part discusses the
This effort constitutes the most comprehensive and authoritative work to date on the history of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or the World Bank. Author-editors John Lewis,
Few aspects of the great European integration project have been as difficult andfraught with political conflict as the creation of a single financial market and monetary union. Itis clear, however, th
In the wake of the drastic changes that have occurred in the world banking industry over the past two decades, Professor Canals's new book addresses several important questions: are universal banks bo
In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the National Bank of Hungary, Cottrell (U. of Leicester) co-hosts with the bank an academic seminar for bankers, government advisors, and historians. One grou
Explains why people are concerned about the emergence of a global economy and the increasingly integrated capital markets at its heart when national policy falls out of line with the expectations of i
"For anyone interested in the world behind the business-page headlines, this is the book to read." --Publishers WeeklyWith the same breadth of vision and narrative elan he brought to his monumental bi
In 1944, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, also known as the World Bank, was established to help restore economic stability to a world devastated by war. This volume traces th
This is the first full-length study of five U.S. banking panics of the Great Depression. Professor Wicker reconstructs a close historical narrative of each of the disturbances, investigating their ori
Eager to make government work better, cost less, and be more accountable, reformers are embracing a common prescription: consolidate and downsize government agencies to eliminate duplication and overl
When the major aid organizations made flows of aid conditional on changes in policy, they prompted an extensive debate in development circles. Aid and Power has made one of the most significant and in
The second book by the author (the first was in 1991) on the World Bank and its affiliated agencies. Volume 2 covers the last five years of Shihata's service to the institution (as Senior Vice Presid
A key document in the Progressive era, Other People's Money conveys a sense of moral outrage and political anger over the costs of the industrialization of the United States on traditional social and
The International Monetary Fund was created to centralise the management of the global monetary system. As international financial markets evolved, the richer countries turned to other, more flexible
