Developing country representation and governance of the International Monetary Fund

World Development

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1993-2011

  Rapkin, David P ^a   Strand, Jonathan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Governance; International Monetary Fund; QFRG; Quotas

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IMF; QUOTA SYSTEM;

EID: 28244497050     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.07.008     Document Type: Article

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