An authoritative review of the position of the IMF and World Bank in their sixtieth year.

Mainstream economists tell us that developing countries will replicate the economic achievements of the rich countries if they implement the correct “free-mar

The papers included in this book cover different aspects of the governance of the Bretton Woods institutions. They explore different options for reform and show

In 2011 the World Bank—with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation—launched the Global Findex database, the world's most comprehensive data set

The global economy has experienced four waves of rapid debt accumulation over the past 50 years. The first three debt waves ended with financial crises in many