TY - BOOK ID - 5493197 TI - Behind the development banks : Washington politics, world poverty, and the wealth of nations PY - 2009 SN - 1282239376 0226033678 0226033651 9780226033655 9780226033648 0226033643 9786612239373 9780226033679 6612239379 9781282239371 PB - Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, DB - UniCat KW - Development banks - Government policy - United States. KW - Development banks. KW - Development economics - Government policy - United States. KW - Development banks KW - Development economics KW - Banques de deĢveloppement KW - Economie du deĢveloppement KW - Economics KW - Economic development KW - Multilateral development banks KW - Banks and banking KW - Government policy KW - E-books KW - politics, political, washington dc, american, united states of america, usa, poverty, sociology, sociological, world bank, multilateral development banks, mdb, economic growth, economy, economics, legislative branch, congress, congressional, senate, congressmen, senators, government, governing, shareholders, society, poor, policy. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5493197 AB - The World Bank and other multilateral development banks (MDBs) carry out their mission to alleviate poverty and promote economic growth based on the advice of professional economists. But as Sarah Babb argues in Behind the Development Banks, these organizations have also been indelibly shaped by Washington politics-particularly by the legislative branch and its power of the purse. Tracing American influence on MDBs over three decades, this volume assesses increased congressional activism and the perpetual "selling" of banks to Congress by the executive bra ER -