Organizational change 'from within': Exploring the World Bank's early lending practices

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 481-505

  Chwieroth, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance of payments financing; Constructivism; Institutions; Norm entrepreneurs; Organizational culture; World Bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949095132     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290802260498     Document Type: Review

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