Contents

1 Introduction: A Critical Engagement Approach to Multilateral Institutions

Multilateralism: A Critical Perspective

The Structure of this Book

Concluding Remarks

2 The Structural Design of Multilateral Institutions

The International Monetary Fund

The Regional Development Banks

The United Nations Development Programme

The World Trade Organisation

The Roles and Approaches of Multilateral Institutions: The Doctrine of Political Neutrality

The Relationship Between Multilateral Institutions

Concluding Remarks

3 The Changing Priorities of Multilateral Institutions: From Technical Aid to Good Governance

In the Beginning . . . Modernisation Through Technical Assistance

The World Bank: From Structural Adjustment to Good Governance

The Regional Development Banks

The WTO and the IMF: Sustainable Development and Good Governance

Conclusion: Policy Changes in and among Multilateral Institutions

4 The Politics of Multilateral Institutions Unpacking the Black Box

Politics in Multilateral Institutions: A Framework

Governance and Cross- Cutting Issues: The Fine Art of Policy Making in Multilateral Institutions

The Inspection Panel Function and the ADB in Samut Prakarn

Legitimacy and Representation A Case for Critical Engagement?

The Politics of Protest

Policy Making in Multilateral Institutions The Art of the State?

5 The Future of Multilateral Institutions

Revolution, Reform or Cosmetic Change?

The Privatisation of Multilateral Institutions

Civil Society and the Future of Multilateral Institutions

Regionalism and Multilateral Institutions

Conclusion: Critical Engagement and the Future of Multilateral Institutions

Notes

Internet Resources

Bibliography

Index

activists

activists, 119-20

activists, 123-4

activists, 132

activists, 136

activists, 138

activists, 149

activists, 150-1

activists,

activists, 2

activists, 4

actors

actors, 7

actors, 10

actors, 12-14

actors, 16

actors, 47

actors, 48

actors, 89

actors, 91-2

actors, 95

actors, 102-4

actors, 106

actors, 109

actors, 116

actors, 130

actors, 137-8

actors, 140-2

actors, 144-7

actors, 150

actors, 155

ADB

ADB, 8

ADB, 43-4

ADB, 47-8

ADB, 73-8

ADB, 90

ADB, 92-6

ADB, 99

ADB, 103-4

ADB, 106

ADB, 108

ADB, 110-12

ADB, 114

ADB, 117-25

ADB, 133-4

ADB, 136-7

ADB, 148

ADB, 151-5

ADB, 160

Administrator 40

AfDB

AfDB, 8

AfDB, 44

AfDB, 73-5

AfDB, 95-6

AfDB, 151-2

AfDB, 160

Africa

Africa, 43

Africa, 45

Africa, 53

Africa, 57

Africa, 59

Africa, 63-5

Africa, 68-9

Africa, 73

Africa, 76

Africa, 87

Africa, 144

Africa, 152

aid

aid, 2

aid, 24-5

aid, 43

aid, 48

aid, 50

aid, 53-6

aid, 59-60

aid, 62

aid, 64

aid, 68

aid, 73

aid, 85

aid, 103

aid, 113-14

aid, 130-2

aid, 144

annual meetings

annual meetings, 14

annual meetings, 92

annual meetings, 123

annual meetings, 135

Appellate Body 4

Articles of Agreement 86

Arun III

Arun III, 9

Arun III, 117

Asia

Asia, 7

Asia, 32

Asia, 36-8

Asia, 57

Asia, 111

Asia, 117-18

Asia, 123

Asia, 152

Asia, 160

Asian financial crisis 31-2

balance of payments

balance of payments, 9

balance of payments, 64

balance of payments, 66

balance of payments, 73

Bank Information Center 134

Board of Directors

Board of Directors, 18

Board of Directors, 31

Board of Directors, 37

Board of Directors, 145

Board of Governors

Board of Governors, 18

Board of Governors, 29

Board of Governors, 31

Board of Governors, 74

Board of Governors, 117

bonds 1

borrowing countries

borrowing countries, 4

borrowing countries, 33

borrowing countries, 37

borrowing countries, 65-6

borrowing countries, 68

borrowing countries, 73

borrowing countries, 77

borrowing countries, 87

borrowing countries, 94

borrowing countries, 110

borrowing countries, 127

borrowing countries, 130

Botswana 6

Bretton Woods

Bretton Woods, 60

Bretton Woods, 128

Bretton Woods, 129

Brown,Mark Malloch

Brown,Mark Malloch, 113-14

Brown,Mark Malloch, 116

Bush,George W.

Bush,George W., 157

Bush,George W., 158

Bøås,Morten

Bøås,Morten, 99

Bøås,Morten, 124

Bøås,Morten, 152

capital markets

capital markets, 2

capital markets, 31

capital markets, 35

capital markets, 37

capital markets, 130

civil society

civil society, 4

civil society, 13-14

civil society, 41

civil society, 49

civil society, 68

civil society, 72

civil society, 78

civil society, 81

civil society, 85

civil society, 89

civil society, 91-3

civil society, 117

civil society, 122

civil society, 123

civil society, 140

civil society, 144

civil society, 148-9

civil society, 155-6

Congress,US

Congress,US, 4

Congress,US, 34

Congress,US, 41

Congress,US, 54

Congress,US, 82

Congress,US, 98-101

Congress,US, 126-7

Congress,US, 131-2

corruption 20

country constituencies

country constituencies, 30

country constituencies, 35

country constituencies, 95

country constituencies, 96

credit rating

credit rating, 1

credit rating, 38

critical engagement

critical engagement, 11

critical engagement, 14

critical engagement, 49

critical engagement, 102

critical engagement, 135

critical engagement, 151

critical engagement, 156

critical engagement, 159

developing countries

developing countries, 2

developing countries, 25

developing countries, 27

developing countries, 35

developing countries, 36

developing countries, 38-9

developing countries, 43

developing countries, 53

developing countries, 55-6

developing countries, 58-60

developing countries, 62

developing countries, 66

developing countries, 68

developing countries, 71

developing countries, 85

developing countries, 108

developing countries, 112-13

developing countries, 122

developing countries, 131

developing countries, 147

developing countries, 150

developing countries, 158

Doha

Doha, 3

Doha, 84-5

donor countries

donor countries, 37

donor countries, 39-40

donor countries, 61

donor countries, 77-8

donor countries, 91

donor countries, 94-5

donor countries, 106

donor countries, 110

donor countries, 113

donor countries, 122

donor countries, 127

donor countries, 131

donor countries, 148

ECOSOC 9

ED

ED, 19

ED, 76

ED, 91

ED, 95

ED, 98

ED, 129

EIA 1

environment

environment, 71-2

environment, 75-7

environment, 79-83

environment, 89-90

environment, 94-5

environment, 100-1

environment, 108-9

environment, 112

environment, 116

environment, 119

environment, 121

environment, 129

environment, 130

environment, 136

environment, 145

environment, 149

Environmental Defence

Environmental Defence, 119

Environmental Defence, 124

Environmental Defence, 126

Environmental Defence, 134

Europe

Europe, 17

Europe, 24-5

Europe, 32

Europe, 38

Europe, 52

Europe, 54

Europe, 59

Europe, 66

Europe, 123

Europe, 148

Europe, 151

Europe, 160

Executive Board

Executive Board, 9

Executive Board, 86-7

Executive Board, 160

financing

financing, 53-4

financing, 78

financing, 94

financing, 121

foreign policy

foreign policy, 5

foreign policy, 29

foreign policy, 62

foreign policy, 97

foreign policy, 98-9

foreign policy, 156-8

Francistown 6

Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth, 105

Friends of the Earth, 128

GATT

GATT, 2

GATT, 60

GATT, 80

GATT, 81-4

GATT, 88

Genoa 1

Germany

Germany, 103

Germany, 104

gold standard 9

Gothenburg 1

governance

governance, 9

governance, 12

governance, 15

governance, 18

governance, 33

governance, 37

governance, 40

governance, 44

governance, 47-8

governance, 50-2

governance, 63

governance, 67-72

governance, 77-80

governance, 86-90

governance, 96

governance, 108-16

governance, 119

governance, 121

governance, 133

governance, 138

governance, 143

governance, 147

governance, 156

governance, 160

Human Development Report

Human Development Report, 46

Human Development Report, 116

IDA

IDA, 5

IDA, 61

IDA, 126-8

IDA, 129

IDA, 131

ideas

ideas, 8

ideas, 45-6

ideas, 71

ideas, 87

ideas, 114

ideas, 141

IFC 4

India

India, 6

India, 110

India, 122

India, 126

India, 130

indigenous people

indigenous people, 77-9

indigenous people, 88

indigenous people, 100

indigenous people, 104

infrastructure

infrastructure, 73-5

infrastructure, 77

infrastructure, 94

inspection function

inspection function, 7

inspection function, 117

inspection function, 132

International Rivers Network 104

international trade

international trade, 2

international trade, 84

involuntary resettlement

involuntary resettlement, 78-9

involuntary resettlement, 109

involuntary resettlement, 116

involuntary resettlement, 121

Japan

Japan, 7

Japan, 30

Japan, 34-7

Japan, 57

Japan, 76

Japan, 77

Japan, 93-7

Japan, 103-5

Japan, 110-11

Japan, 118

Japan, 151

Japan, 153

Japan, 155

Japan, 160

Klingebiel,Stephan

Klingebiel,Stephan, 40

Klingebiel,Stephan, 160

Klong Dan

Klong Dan, 24

Klong Dan, 134

Klong Dan, 136

Korea,South

Korea,South, 5

Korea,South, 53

Korea,South, 85

Korea,South, 111

Latin America

Latin America, 53

Latin America, 57

Latin America, 59

Latin America, 74

Latin America, 154

legitimacy

legitimacy, 92

legitimacy, 102

legitimacy, 108-9

legitimacy, 112

legitimacy, 125

legitimacy, 131

legitimacy, 133-4

legitimacy, 156

loan

loan, 2

loan, 31

loan, 33

loan, 52

loan, 61

loan, 64

loan, 75

loan, 77

loan, 90-1

loan, 99

loan, 101

loan, 110

loan, 116

loan, 121

loan, 130

loan, 152

Madrid 9

Marrakech 3

Masinloc 4

McNamara,Robert

McNamara,Robert, 6

McNamara,Robert, 60-2

McNamara,Robert, 65

modernisation

modernisation, 69-70

modernisation, 125

modernisation, 132

Mosley,Paul 7

multilateral system

multilateral system, 15

multilateral system, 19

multilateral system, 27-8

multilateral system, 38

multilateral system, 47-9

multilateral system, 61

multilateral system, 75

multilateral system, 91

multilateral system, 112-15

multilateral system, 130

multilateral system, 139-40

multilateral system, 142

multilateral system, 146

multilateralism

multilateralism, 140-2

multilateralism, 150-1

multilateralism, 156-8

Narmada

Narmada, 6

Narmada, 109

Narmada, 126

Narmada, 127

neoliberal

neoliberal, 3

neoliberal, 46

neoliberal, 58

neoliberal, 60

neoliberal, 63

neoliberal, 66

neoliberal, 69

neoliberal, 145

neoliberal, 148

neoliberal, 150

neoliberalism 140

Nepal

Nepal, 5

Nepal, 117

NGOs

NGOs, 5

NGOs, 43

NGOs, 47

NGOs, 72

NGOs, 75-6

NGOs, 78

NGOs, 81-5

NGOs, 89-90

NGOs, 92-106

NGOs, 108-9

NGOs, 113

NGOs, 116-20

NGOs, 122

NGOs, 123-37

NGOs, 143

NGOs, 149

NGOs, 156

Nigeria

Nigeria, 5

Nigeria, 83

Nigeria, 95

Nigeria, 97

nonconcessional loans 1

NRDC

NRDC, 9

NRDC, 128

O 'Neill,Paul 50

OECD

OECD, 12

OECD, 131

OECD, 147

Pelosi Amendment

Pelosi Amendment, 101-2

Pelosi Amendment, 125

Plan Puebla Panama 5

policy advice 8

political economy

political economy, 141

political economy, 157

poverty

poverty, 8

poverty, 11-12

poverty, 36

poverty, 42

poverty, 55

poverty, 59

poverty, 65

poverty, 67

poverty, 71

poverty, 73-4

poverty, 89

poverty, 94

poverty, 133

poverty, 144

private sector

private sector, 133

private sector, 142-8

private sector, 154-5

privatisation

privatisation, 140

privatisation, 146-7

privatisation, 156

protest

protest, 14

protest, 42-3

protest, 49

protest, 90

protest, 92-3

protest, 108

protest, 123

protest, 129

protest, 133

protest, 135-6

protest, 140

protest, 149

protest, 150

quota

quota, 33

quota, 56

rates of interests

rates of interests, 1

rates of interests, 23

reform

reform, 4

reform, 11

reform, 14

reform, 32-3

reform, 42

reform, 51

reform, 64

reform, 66-8

reform, 101-2

reform, 108

reform, 113

reform, 126-9

reform, 133

reform, 139-42

reform, 151

reform, 158

regional co-operation 6

regionalisation 6

replenishment

replenishment, 7

replenishment, 131

representation

representation, 102

representation, 109

representation, 133

representation, 134

Ruggie,John G.

Ruggie,John G., 6

Ruggie,John G., 143

rules

rules, 3

rules, 92

rules, 112

rules, 133

rules, 141

rules, 147

Samut Prakarn

Samut Prakarn, 19

Samut Prakarn, 122-5

Samut Prakarn, 132

Samut Prakarn, 134

Seattle

Seattle, 3

Seattle, 84-5

Seattle, 123

second stage restructuring 8

sectors

sectors, 9

sectors, 55

sectors, 64

sectors, 74

sectors, 95

sectors, 147

sectors, 150

September

11

157-8

Sierra Club 102

Simon,William 3

soft window

soft window, 2

soft window, 37

soft window, 61

Soviet

Soviet, 4

Soviet, 56

standard operating procedures

standard operating procedures, 13

standard operating procedures, 51

standard operating procedures, 101

sustainable development

sustainable development, 18

sustainable development, 50

sustainable development, 80-4

sustainable development, 88-9

sustainable development, 93

sustainable development, 94

Thailand

Thailand, 20

Thailand, 123

Thailand, 153

Third World 3

Treasury,US

Treasury,US, 8

Treasury,US, 34-5

Treasury,US, 47

Treasury,US, 60

Treasury,US, 62

Treasury,US, 76

Treasury,US, 96

Treasury,US, 98

Treasury,US, 100-1

Treasury,US, 138

Treasury,US, 148

Treasury,US, 150

Truman,Harry

Truman,Harry, 3

Truman,Harry, 55

Turner,Ted 5

UN

UN, 40

UN, 53-6

UN, 63

UN, 80

UN, 82

UN, 136

UN, 139-40

UN, 143

UN, 145

UN, 147

UN, 156

UN, 158

UNHCR 5

uni-americanism 158

unilateralism 156-8

United Kingdom

United Kingdom, 52

United Kingdom, 56

United Kingdom, 65

United States

United States, 23-6

United States, 28-30

United States, 34

United States, 36

United States, 41

United States, 43

United States, 53-5

United States, 60-2

United States, 66

United States, 74-6

United States, 81-2

United States, 84

United States, 90-1

United States, 95

United States, 97-8

United States, 101-5

United States, 126

United States, 129-31

United States, 142

United States, 151

United States, 154-8

Uruguay Round

Uruguay Round, 2

Uruguay Round, 81-2

votes

votes, 20

votes, 30

votes, 34

votes, 37-8

votes, 96

votes, 126

votes, 152

voting power

voting power, 8

voting power, 62

voting power, 74

voting power, 78

voting power, 92

voting power, 152

Wade,Robert

Wade,Robert, 7

Wade,Robert, 98

Wade,Robert, 105

Washington DC

Washington DC, 18

Washington DC, 25

Washington DC, 29

Washington DC, 31

Washington DC, 35

Washington DC, 47

Washington DC, 84

Washington DC, 96

Washington DC, 105

Washington DC, 124

Washington DC, 131

Washington DC, 143

Washington DC, 157

Wolfensohn,James 150

World Bank

World Bank, 3

World Bank, 10-14

World Bank, 16-31

World Bank, 35-7

World Bank, 39-41

World Bank, 43-8

World Bank, 51-5

World Bank, 58

World Bank, 60-76

World Bank, 80

World Bank, 89-91

World Bank, 96-9

World Bank, 101

World Bank, 103-6

World Bank, 109

World Bank, 110-17

World Bank, 126-31

World Bank, 135

World Bank, 137-45

World Bank, 149-51

World Bank, 155-6

World Bank, 158

World Bank, 160

WTO

WTO, 3

WTO, 12-13

WTO, 41-5

WTO, 47-8

WTO, 51

WTO, 80

WTO, 82-5

WTO, 88-9

WTO, 92

WTO, 96

WTO, 137

WTO, 139

WTO, 155

WTO, 156

WTO, 158