The challenge of good governance for the IMF and the World Bank themselves

World Development

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 823-841

  Woods, Ngaire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Governance; Institutions; International organizations; World Bank IMF policies

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IMF; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; WORLD BANK;

EID: 0034059903     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(99)00156-4     Document Type: Article

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