This book offers the most thorough, detailed inside story of the preparation, negotiation,
performance, and achievements of G20 gatherings from their start at the finance level in …

Neoliberalism has shaped African development for nearly thirty years. As such, it is not an
economic'shock'or a'structural adjustment', but rather a historic shift in Africa's development …

Jacqueline Best argues that the changes in International Monetary Fund, World Bank and
donor policies in the 1990s, towards what some have called the'Post-Washington …

Although the phrase'North-South'divide is not heard so much these days, what separates
rich countries from poor countries is a question that is still very much with us. Anthony Payne …

In Transparency and Authoritarian Rule in Southeast Asia, Rodan rejects the notion that the
1997-98 Asian economic crisis was further evidence that ultimately capitalism can only …

The concept of welfare is a somewhat neglected area within tourism studies, despite the
continued growth of interest in key issues such as ethics, tourist safety, employee's well …

Following the East Asian crisis of 1997-1998, much attention was paid to financial sector
reform. While little of substance has changed in the intervening years, a number of …

The research that has culminated in this book was prompted, I now realise, by an incident
that took place on one dreary October morning in 1997 in Minsk, capital of Belarus. It was my …

The financial crisis prompted many to ask how financial systems from America and Iceland
to Russia and Hungary could have been so misgoverned that their near collapse plunged …

After decades of touting the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a neutral, expertise-based
institution, Fund representatives have recently adopted a surprisingly normative tone in their …