Civil Society and Global Finance
by Scholte, Jan Aart; Schnabel, AlbrechtPub. Date: 2004-01-14
Publisher(s): Taylor & Francis
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Summary
Providing rare, authoritative analyses by those who deal with the issues first hand, Civil Society and Global Finance is rich in insight and policy ideas for decision-makers, students and concerned citizens.
Table of Contents
| List of tables | p. viii |
| List of figures | p. ix |
| Notes on contributors | p. x |
| Foreword | p. xv |
| Acknowledgements | p. xvii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| General issues | p. 9 |
| Civil society and the governance of global finance | p. 11 |
| Regional experiences | p. 33 |
| Latin American NGOs and the IFIs: the quest for a South-determined agenda | p. 35 |
| Civil society and global finance in Africa: the PRSP process in Uganda | p. 51 |
| Civil society and the Asian financial crisis | p. 64 |
| Global finance and civil society deficits in Russia | p. 79 |
| Global finance and incipient civil society in China | p. 94 |
| Perspectives from multilateral institutions | p. 109 |
| The World Bank and civil society: an evolving experience | p. 111 |
| Civil society and the World Bank's Country Assistance Strategy in Argentina | p. 128 |
| The IMF and civil society: striking a balance | p. 144 |
| Civil society and the Financing for Development initiative at the United Nations | p. 162 |
| Perspectives from civil society sectors | p. 179 |
| Trade unions and the promotion of socially sustainable global finance | p. 181 |
| Business associations and global financial governance | p. 199 |
| The environmental movement and global finance | p. 213 |
| Global finance and gender | p. 228 |
| Looking ahead | p. 247 |
| What next? Civil society's prospects in a world of global finance | p. 249 |
| Global finance: representation failure and the role of civil society | p. 264 |
| Index | p. 285 |
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