The Washington Consensus as transnational policy paradigm: Its origins, trajectory and likely successor

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 268-297

  Babb, Sarah ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

BRICS; conditionality; international financial institutions; International Monetary Fund; policy paradigm; Washington Consensus; World Bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876271819     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2011.640435     Document Type: Article

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