The Multilateral Development Banks
Subtitle: Improving U.S. Leadership (The Washington Papers)
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: March 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780275969660
Subjects: Banking; Development economics; Development studies; International economics; International institutions; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; USA; Banks & Banking; Finance; International Relations - General; Political Science / International Relations; Development - Business Development; Development Banks; Management; United States
First sentence: The multilateral development banks (MDBs) were established, in most cases at the instigation of the United States, as innovative financial vehicles to provide loans to countries and projects where the funds would have a high economic rate of return, but where perceived risk would preclude private financing.