Titre : |
Adjusting to multipolarity in the World Bank DIIS Working Paper 2011:24 : ducking and diving, wriggling and squirming |
Type de document : |
document électronique |
Auteurs : |
Jakob Vestergaard, Auteur ; Robert Wade, Auteur |
Editeur : |
Copenhagen K [Denmark] : Danish Institute for International Studies |
Année de publication : |
2011 |
Collection : |
Working Papers num. 24 |
Importance : |
31 p. |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-87-7605-470-0 |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Catégories : |
Banque mondiale
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Tags : |
Banque mondiale Gouvernance |
Résumé : |
This essay examines the efforts of the World Bank to translate the rising economic weight of some developing countries into a larger voice in the governance of the organization. In a speech in April 2010, World Bank president Robert Zoellick argued that the advent of “a new, fast-evolving multipolar world economy” required fundamental reforms of the World Bank itself, including in the balance of power
between developed countries and emerging countries Shortly after the speech the World Bank presented a set of allegedly far-reaching proposals on what it called “voice reform”, to be endorsed by its Board of Governors, the culmination of a process of negotiation begun years before. Voice reform had several components, of which the central and most contentious one was voting reform to give developing For short essays on the main outcomes of the voice reform process see Horton (2010) and Lombardi (2010). Robert Zoellick (2010). and transition countries (DTCs) more voting power in the Bank’s governance.(...) |
En ligne : |
http://www.diis.dk/graphics/Publications/WP2011/WP%202011-24_The%20World%20Bank_ [...] |
Adjusting to multipolarity in the World Bank DIIS Working Paper 2011:24 : ducking and diving, wriggling and squirming [document électronique] / Jakob Vestergaard, Auteur ; Robert Wade, Auteur . - Copenhagen K (Strandgade 56, 1401, Denmark) : Danish Institute for International Studies, 2011 . - 31 p.. - ( Working Papers; 24) . ISBN : 978-87-7605-470-0 Langues : Anglais ( eng)
Catégories : |
Banque mondiale
|
Tags : |
Banque mondiale Gouvernance |
Résumé : |
This essay examines the efforts of the World Bank to translate the rising economic weight of some developing countries into a larger voice in the governance of the organization. In a speech in April 2010, World Bank president Robert Zoellick argued that the advent of “a new, fast-evolving multipolar world economy” required fundamental reforms of the World Bank itself, including in the balance of power
between developed countries and emerging countries Shortly after the speech the World Bank presented a set of allegedly far-reaching proposals on what it called “voice reform”, to be endorsed by its Board of Governors, the culmination of a process of negotiation begun years before. Voice reform had several components, of which the central and most contentious one was voting reform to give developing For short essays on the main outcomes of the voice reform process see Horton (2010) and Lombardi (2010). Robert Zoellick (2010). and transition countries (DTCs) more voting power in the Bank’s governance.(...) |
En ligne : |
http://www.diis.dk/graphics/Publications/WP2011/WP%202011-24_The%20World%20Bank_ [...] |
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