This paper explores the influence of Japan and the United States over the geographic
distribution of Asian Development Bank funds. Estimation using panel data for less …

This paper investigates how the unique financial model of multilateral development banks–
dependent largely on issuing bonds in private capital markets to raise lending resources …

Financing the Future explains how the unique governance arrangements and financial
model of Multilateral Development Banks (MDB) shape their behavior. Outlining a …

This paper explores the political factors that determine the price of loans offered to
borrowing countries by multilateral development banks (MDBs). The reasons why MDBs set …

In 1993 the World Bank created the revolutionary World Bank Inspection Panel and, with it, a
precedent under international law that allowed people to seek recourse for harm resulting …

Multilateral development banks (MDBs) have proved to be one of the most popular and
enduring forms of international organization ever created, in large part because of their …

This response to Moberg (2002) demonstrates that some of his figures and calculations
require more thorough analysis. His dismissal of the risk of inertia in the Council after …

Multilateral development banks (MDBs) are one of the most popular forms of international
organization, with at least 27 operating in the world today. Although most academics and …

The first academic publication to explicitly link capitalism to Japan's particular foreign
economic policy choices, this book offers a historically informed account of the nature and …

The author would like to thank Marilou Uy of the G24 for her support and feedback, and to
Helmut Reisen and Mark Ames for their comments on an earlier draft. Thanks also to all …