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A critical analysis of international organizations' and global management consulting firms' consensus around twenty-first century skills.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Aug2023, Vol. 30 Issue 4, p1334-1359. 26p.
Abstract: A growing number of academic studies and policy reports have identified a set of core skills considered crucial in the twenty-first century economy. This article critically examines the evidence base underpinning that ideational consensus among interna...
The IMF as a global monitor: surveillance, information, and financial markets.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Feb2023, Vol. 30 Issue 1, p307-331. 25p.
Abstract: What are the effects of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) monitoring activities? We argue that IMF surveillance exercises – known as Article IV consultations – move financial markets. Our argument is based on the design of the IMF's surveillance ...
Ideas for macroeconomic surveillance: a comparative text analysis of country reports by global and regional financial organizations.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Jan2023, p1-25. 25p. 4 Illustrations, 2 Charts.
Abstract: Abstract Institutional proliferation in the global financial order raises concerns about a failure of coordination between global and regional organizations and the resulting confusion and conflict. One area of concern is macroeconomic surveillance, wh...
Accountants, Europeanists and Monetary Guardians: bureaucratic cultures and conflicts in IMF-EU lending programs.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Dec2019, Vol. 26 Issue 6, p1187-1210. 24p.
Abstract: When the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund provided financial assistance to crisis-ridden European countries, they frequently clashed over loan conditions related to financial stability, fiscal policy an...
Splitting the check: explaining patterns of counterpart commitments in World Bank projects.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Dec2018, Vol. 25 Issue 6, p884-908. 25p.
Abstract: The literature on the autonomy of international organizations describes how bureaucratic agents often operate with slack that allows them to pursue their preferences in the shadow of institutional mandates. We study the division of costs in World Bank ...
When is blacklisting effective? Stigma, sanctions and legitimacy: the reputational and financial costs of being blacklisted.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Aug2018, Vol. 25 Issue 4, p483-504. 22p.
Abstract: Blacklisting is a policy tool that is used extensively in the international political economy, and blacklists have been invoked following the Panama Papers scandal, Russia's annexation of Crimea and the Democratic Republic of North Korea's proliferatio...
Grey matter in shadow banking: international organizations and expert strategies in global financial governance.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Dec2016, Vol. 23 Issue 6, p1001-1033. 33p.
Abstract: Who controls global policy debates on shadow banking regulation? We show how experts secured control over how issues in shadow banking regulation are treated by examining the policy recommendations of the Bank of International Settlements, the Internat...
The political economy of shadow banking.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Dec2016, Vol. 23 Issue 6, p901-914. 14p.
Abstract: Who controls global policy debates on shadow banking regulation, with what ideas and how? By looking at the policy recommendations of the Bank of International Settlements, the International Monetary Fund and the Financial Stability Board, we show how ...
IMF conditionality and development policy space, 1985–2014.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Aug2016, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p543-582. 40p.
Abstract: In recent years, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has re-emerged as a central actor in global economic governance. Its rhetoric and policies suggest that the organization has radically changed the ways in which it offers financial assistance to co...
Global value chains and development.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Feb2014, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p264-274. 11p.
Abstract: The adoption of the Global Value Chains framework by Multilateral Economic Institutions has led to the introduction of broader and more heterodox views of development into official discourses. When it comes to policy implications, however, the reports ...