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On concealed dimensions of Third World involvement in international economic organizations

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International economic organizations once identified as Western have evolved in some cases to the extent that their survival depends importantly on forging symbiotic links with Third and Fourth World clients. Such national governments often derive net gains from membership in those organizations, for example, the World Bank. These gains may be as much political as economic. Thus the Government of India, influential in World Bank policy generally, has used Bank agricultural projects to overcome states' resistance to central priorities. Mobilizing domestic political resources is an important dimension of membership in the international economy. Where this occurs, it argues for a view of the governments of poor countries as active, rather than passive, and as agents of domestic social transformation.

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  • Moulton, Anthony D., 1978. "On concealed dimensions of Third World involvement in international economic organizations," International Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 32(4), pages 1019-1035, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:intorg:v:32:y:1978:i:04:p:1019-1035_03
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    1. Robert K. Fleck & Christopher Kilby, 2006. "World Bank Independence: A Model and Statistical Analysis of US Influence," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 10(2), pages 224-240, May.

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