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This course explores the wide range of intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations involved in the global governance. More specifically it examines how international organizations address the central issues of global governance including global security, global trade and finance, global development, global warming, and global environment. The main focus of the course is on how international institutions are used at various levels of global governance, with varying degrees of success and failures. Students are expected to develop the ability to think critically, both about the nature of problems that face states as well as development of global governance mechanisms in terms of various international organizations.
This book introduces the concepts and tools for studying relations between states and markets. Beginning with a chapter on the miracles and the failures of markets, from which comes the conclusion that markets are incomplete and not fully informative, the book then applies the principal-agent framework to study the structure of the state. The book also analyzes systematically the effect of the organization of the state on the functioning of the economy. The central question is under what conditions governments will do what they should be doing and not do what they should not.
This book introduces the international and domestic politics of the International Monetary Fund programs, and explores the IMF conditional lending- its origins, effects, and future, linking economic studies of IMF with the political science literature. Beginning with an introduction to IMF programs and IMF’s history, functioning and organization, the book then proceeds to examine the international politics of IMF lending and conditionality, to explore the domestic politics of IMF conditionality, to review the success, or lack thereof, of IMF programs, to provide an overview of research on IMF, and to present the debate about reforming the IMF.
This book provides an introduction to the World Bank who works with the poorer countries of the world to further their economic and social development by providing a combination of financial resources, technical support, advice and analysis, training and coordination of development assistance. The book elaborates the complex roles that the World Bank plays, traces the World Bank’s history and evolution, and introduces the major elements of the organization and different parts of the World Bank Group. The book also examines the work of the World Bank from the perspective of the international development community, illustrates how the institution operates, and explores the controversy surrounding the institution.
