Langbeschreibung
The global debt burden has proven to be a bad bargain for developed and developing countries alike. This selection of case studies illustrates the complexity of international financial negotiations and the difficulty of reaching international agreements satisfactory to both creditors and debtors.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Case Studies in International Affairs -- Foreword -- International Financial Negotiations and Adjustment Bargaining: An Overview -- International Institutional Actors -- The International Monetary Fund -- The World Bank -- The Creditor Clubs: Paris and London -- The Political Economy of International Financial Negotiations -- Mexico, 1982: Paving the Way with Exceptions -- Restructuring Zaire's Debt, 1979-1982 -- Nigeria, 1983-1986: Reaching Agreement with the Fund -- The Philippines, 1983-1986: Negotiating Under Uncertainty -- Brazil, 1985-1987: Pursuing Heterodoxy to a Moratorium