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The Reform Of The Governance Of The Ifis: A Critical Assessment, Daniel Bradlow
The Reform Of The Governance Of The Ifis: A Critical Assessment, Daniel Bradlow
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The thesis of this chapter is that, despite all the governance changes that the IFIs have undergone, they still do not have adequate governance arrangements and will need to undergo further reform if they are to perform their mandates effectively. In order to establish this thesis, this chapter is divided into four parts. First, it describes the reforms the IFIs have agreed to and have implemented. Second, it sets out some benchmarks against which these governance reforms can be measured. Third, it assesses the adequacy of the reforms undertaken based on the benchmarks identified in the second section. The final …
Introduction, Daniel Bradlow, David Hunter
Introduction, Daniel Bradlow, David Hunter
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This is the introduction to an edited volume of papers on International Financial Institutions and International Law. The introduction provides an explanation of the editors motivation for undertaking this book project and an overview of the chapters in the book.
Conclusion: The Future Of International Law And International Financial Institutions, Daniel Bradlow, David Hunter
Conclusion: The Future Of International Law And International Financial Institutions, Daniel Bradlow, David Hunter
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This is the conclusion to the edited volume, International Financial Institutions and International Law. After a brief overview of the key points made in the volume, the authors offer some observations on the role that international law plays and should play in the functioning of international financial institutions and some suggestions for future research on the topic.
'Global Civil Society': A Sceptical View, Kenneth Anderson, David Rieff
'Global Civil Society': A Sceptical View, Kenneth Anderson, David Rieff
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American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2008-69Abstract:The editors of the leading yearbook of global civil society studies offered to the authors of this article an opportunity to present a skeptical account of global civil society as the opening chapter in the 2004/5 yearbook. The article examines the standard account of global civil society as the transnational equivalent, in a globalized world, of civil society in a domestic society, and further as, in Kofi Annan's oft-repeated view, international NGOs as the representatives of the peoples of the world to international organizations such as the UN. The article attacks this standard view, …