"Less than fully satisfactory development outcomes": International financial institutions and social unrest in Bolivia

Latin American Perspectives

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 59-78

  Kohl, Benjamin ^a   Farthing, Linda ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; International development; International financial institutions; Neoliberalism; World Bank

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL POLICY; IMF; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; WORLD BANK;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 66649115716     PISSN: 0094582X     EISSN: 1552678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0094582X09334300     Document Type: Article

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