Inside the engine-room of China's economic growth--the China Development Bank. Anyone wanting a primer on the secret of China's economic success need look no further than China Development Bank (CDB)--which has displaced the World Bank as the world's biggest development bank, le…
Before the credit crisis, credit was primarily considered only when dealing with counterparty credit risk, high-yield debt, or credit-linked derivatives. Credit and credit risk now permeate every corner of the financial world. This book analyzes credit from the beginning--the po…
The recent banking crisis has brought into question the business model used by most large banks. This collection of essays explores the success of 'alternative banks' - savings banks, cooperative banks and development banks, using case studies from around the world and discussio…
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 internat…
'The World Bank needs India more than India needs it.' So goes an emerging consensus on both sides of the relationship between the Bank and its largest borrower. This book analyzes the politics of aid and influence. The Bank, struggling to remain relevant amid India's recent rap…
Explores a wide range of challenges facing the international community in reforming international institutions and global governance groups. Argues for reform of global governance groups, especially reconstituting the G8, and individual institutional reforms in the IMF, World Ba…
This book investigates how development institutions created and promoted marketized development financial instruments to increase the speed and scope of assistance by leveraging private financial markets for development objectives. To attract private investors, donor governments…