Membership no longer has its privileges: The declining informal influence of Board members on IDA lending

Review of International Organizations

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 291-312

  Morrison, Kevin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aid allocation; Board membership; International Development Association; World Bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876971436     PISSN: 15597431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11558-012-9163-8     Document Type: Article

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