Download or read book U S Foreign Policy And Multilateral Development Banks written by Jonathan E. Sanford and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-25 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a review of the executive branch and congressional actions, this book provides the purposes and history of U.S. participation in the multilateral development banks and the relationship between process and goals in the formulation and application of U.S. Foreign policy.

Download or read book Combating Corruption in the Multilateral Development Banks written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Human Rights and U S Foreign Policy in the Multilateral Development Banks written by Daniel B. Braaten and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Promoting human rights is an important foreign policy goal for the United States. There are many foreign policy areas through which the U.S. promotes human rights including voting against countries which violate human rights in the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs). Promoting human rights, however, is not the only foreign policy goal of the U.S. in the MDBs. The U.S. also seeks strategic goals such as supporting allies and promoting domestic economic prosperity as well in the MDBs. Realist international relations theory posits that strategic interests will trump promoting human rights in the MDBs. For the U.S. however liberal international relations theory argues that promoting human rights can be considered an equivalent foreign policy goal for countries such as the U.S. Therefore strategic interests will not automatically trump promoting human rights for the U.S. This dissertation seeks to answer two questions regarding human rights in U.S. foreign policy in the MDBs. First, what role do human rights play in determining U.S. votes in the MDBs? Here I find that a country's record on violating political rights is a significant factor in determining whether the U.S. will vote in favor of proposals for that country. A country's record on violating rights of personal integrity, however, is not a significant factor. Whether a country receives military aid from the U.S. and a country's GDP per capita are also significant determinants of U.S. votes in the MDBs. The second question this dissertation answers regarding human rights in U.S. foreign policy in the MDBs is what rights specifically does the U.S. promote in the MDBs and which countries, specifically, does the U.S. vote against because of their human rights record. Overall, I find that while the U.S. has voted against loans going to many countries for human rights purposes the bulk of U.S. attention is centered on countries that fail to apprehend war criminals within their borders, primarily Serbia, and voting against loans that go to China

Download or read book U S Contributions to Multilateral Development Banks and International Organizations written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The United States and the Multilateral Development Banks written by Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report on regional level and international development banks and the role of USA participation therein, with particular reference to the World Bank, the IDA and the IFC - examines the operating policies and procedures of each bank, administrative aspects and financing, etc., and considers some foreign policy alternatives for the USA. References and statistical tables.

Download or read book The Impact of the World Bank and Multilateral Development Banks on National Security written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Financial Services. Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Multilateral Development Banks written by Barbara Upton and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2000-03-30 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Upton examines the U.S. policy process toward the five multilateral development banks-the World Bank Group, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the African Development Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development-as a case study in how the United States manages its participation in multilateral institutions. The management of the U.S. role in these institutions is significant primarily because these institutions play an increasingly important role in the U.S. relationship with the developing world and because, for the most part, they are mature institutions being called upon to adapt their roles and operating styles to new financial and political realities. After examining the evolving role of the MDBs from the U.S. perspective, Upon describes the U.S. policy process toward the banks and assesses its strengths and weaknesses. She then sets out recommendations for improving the process and looks at the broader, more general lessons for U.S. policy formulation on multilateral institutions. An important assessment for scholars, researchers, and policy makers involved with international relations and economic policy.

Download or read book Combating Corruption in the Multilateral Development Banks written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Multilateral Development Banks written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Behind the Development Banks written by Sarah Babb and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World Bank and other multilateral development banks (MDBs) carry out their mission to alleviate poverty and promote economic growth based on the advice of professional economists. But as Sarah Babb argues in Behind the Development Banks, these organizations have also been indelibly shaped by Washington politics—particularly by the legislative branch and its power of the purse. Tracing American influence on MDBs over three decades, this volume assesses increased congressional activism and the perpetual “selling” of banks to Congress by the executive branch. Babb contends that congressional reluctance to fund the MDBs has enhanced the influence of the United States on them by making credible America’s threat to abandon the banks if its policy preferences are not followed. At a time when the United States’ role in world affairs is being closely scrutinized, Behind the Development Banks will be necessary reading for anyone interested in how American politics helps determine the fate of developing countries.

Download or read book U S Contributions to Multilateral Development Banks and International Organizations written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Multilateral Development Banks written by Jonathan E. Sanford and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report analyzes how the U.S. makes policy towards the multilateral development banks (MDBs) and identifies ways by which Congress can shape U.S. policy and influence the activities of the banks themselves. Contents: (1) Introduction; (2) The Executive Branch and the MDBs: Treasury Department Leadership; U.S. Executive Directors at MDBs; Other U.S. Agencies; Policy Coordination; (3) Congress and the MDBs: Relevant Committees; Sources of Congressional Authority: Authorizing Actions; Power of the Purse; Appropriations for MDBs, FY 2000-2010; Congressional Oversight; Budgetary Issues; (4) Conclusion. Illus. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find report.

Download or read book Multilateral Development Banks written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book U S Policy and the Multilateral Banks written by Jonathan E. Sanford and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book U S Contributions to Multilateral Development Banks and International Organizations written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book U S Human Rights Policy in Multilateral Development Banks written by Daniel Braaten and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The promotion of human rights has been an important component of U.S. foreign policy for several decades. However, the specific content of U.S. human rights policy, as well as its place among foreign policy priorities more generally, has varied considerably over the years The present study analyzes this debate as it is manifest in U.S. multilateral aid policy. Foreign aid, whether distributed directly (bilateral aid) or indirectly through multilateral institutions such as the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), is one of the several tools through which the U.S. furthers its human rights policy. The main research questions addressed in this study is to what extent does the U.S. promote human rights in the MDBs, or in other words how important is promoting human rights in the MDBs for the U.S.? The proposed study addresses this question through an analysis of U.S. voting stances on MDB lending decisions to determine to what extent the U.S. votes against projects in the MDBs based on the recipient countries human rights record.

Download or read book The Global Architecture of Multilateral Development Banks written by Adrian Robert Bazbauers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-11 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the evolution of the 30 functioning multilateral development banks (MDBs). MDBs have their roots in the growing system of international finance and multilateral cooperation, with the first recognisable MDB being proposed by Latin America in financial cooperation with the US in the late 1930s. That Inter-American Bank did not eventuate but was a precursor to the World Bank being negotiated at Bretton Woods in 1944. Since then, a complex network of regional, sub-regional, and specialised development banks has progressively emerged across the globe, including two significant recent entrants established by China and the BRICS. MDBs arrange loans, credits, and guarantees for investment in member states, generally with the stated aim of fostering economic growth. They operate in both the Global North and South, though there are more MDBs focusing on emerging and developing states. While the World Bank and some of the larger regional banks have been scrutinised, little attention has been paid to the smaller banks or the overall system. This book provides the first study of all 30 MDBs and it evaluates their interrelationships. It analyses the emergence of the MDBs in relation to geopolitics, development paradigms and debt. It includes sections on each of the banks as well as on how MDBs have approached the key sectors of infrastructure, human development, and climate. This book will be of particular interest to researchers of development finance, global governance, and international political economy.