United States and the Multilateral Development Banks.

Report prepared by CRS on the relationship between U.S. and multilateral development institutions since the Bretton Woods agreements of the 1940's.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1974.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	United States. > Department of the Treasury. Economic assistance. Developing countries. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Report prepared by CRS on the relationship between U.S. and multilateral development institutions since the Bretton Woods agreements of the 1940's. Reviews World Bank (also known as International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, and also comprising International Development Association, IDA, and International Finance Corp, IFC), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and Asian Development Bank (ADB) operating and policy histories (p. 13-30), operating policies (p. 31-90), participation by U.S. (p. 103-168), and appraises development theories used in bank operations (p. 171-185). Also includes summaries of Treasury Dept actions to implement GAO recommendations regarding U.S. participation in the IBRD, IDA, IDB, and ADB (p. 189-198). Appendices (p. 199-230) contain statistical data on IBRD, IDA, IFC, IDB, and ADB voting powers and subscriptions of member countries, staff nationality distribution, allocation and contribution comparisons, and estimated effects on U.S. balance of payments. Also includes bibliography (p. 229-230).
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.