TY - BOOK ID - 85644617 TI - Regional development banks in comparison : banking strategies versus development goals PY - 2016 SN - 1316730328 1316743837 1316745767 1316681394 1316747697 1316753484 1107163439 1316615200 1316732258 9781316751558 1316751554 9781316753484 9781316681398 9781316747698 9781107163430 9781316615201 PB - New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Development banks. KW - Banks and banking KW - Economic development KW - development bank KW - developing countries KW - pajjiżi fil-fażi tal-iżvilupp KW - αναπτυσσόμενες χώρες KW - zemlje u razvoju KW - развиващи се държави KW - kraje rozwijające się KW - arengumaad KW - земји во развој KW - fejlődő országok KW - attīstības valstis KW - țări în curs de dezvoltare KW - rozvojové země KW - države v razvoju KW - país en desarrollo KW - kehitysmaat KW - utvecklingsland KW - vende në zhvillim KW - Entwicklungsland KW - paese in via di sviluppo KW - besivystančios šalys KW - pays en développement KW - земље у развоју KW - país em desenvolvimento KW - rozvojové krajiny KW - udviklingsland KW - ontwikkelingsland KW - Tredje Verden KW - země s nízkou životní úrovní KW - Lumea a Treia KW - jaunattīstības valstis KW - paese arretrato KW - Α.Χ. KW - Derde-Wereldland KW - Трет свет KW - país do Terceiro Mundo KW - szegény országok KW - Third World KW - harmadik világ országai KW - zemlje Trećega svijeta KW - tredje världen KW - vendet e Botës së Tretë KW - tiers monde KW - tretí svet KW - armes Land KW - Τρίτος Κόσμος KW - PVD KW - pays du tiers monde KW - Terceiro Mundo KW - trešās pasaules valstis KW - land i tredje världen KW - Land der Dritten Welt KW - kolmannen maailman maat KW - kolmas maailma KW - Treći svijet KW - PVS KW - harmadik világ KW - país em vias de desenvolvimento KW - terzo mondo-paesi KW - país en vías de desarrollo KW - kolmas maailm KW - krajiny tretieho sveta KW - земји со низок животен стандард KW - pays en voie de développement KW - země třetího světa KW - chudé země KW - kolmanda maailma riigid KW - trečiasis pasaulis KW - paese sottosviluppato KW - terzo mondo KW - Bota e Tretë KW - χώρες του τρίτου κόσμου KW - χώρες υπό ανάπτυξη KW - país del Tercer Mundo KW - třetí svět KW - Derde Wereld KW - trešā pasaule KW - uland KW - Third World countries KW - земји од Третиот свет KW - trečiojo pasaulio šalys KW - u-land KW - țările Lumii a Treia KW - dritte Welt KW - razvojna banka KW - banco de desenvolvimento KW - ontwikkelingsbank KW - attīstības banka KW - udviklingsbank KW - banc forbartha KW - bancă de dezvoltare KW - rozvojová banka KW - Entwicklungsbank KW - kehityspankki KW - банка за развој KW - банка за развитие KW - utvecklingsbank KW - τράπεζα ανάπτυξης KW - banco de desarrollo KW - bank għall-iżvilupp KW - banca di sviluppo KW - fejlesztési bank KW - bankë për zhvillim KW - arengupank KW - bank rozwoju KW - plėtros bankas KW - banque de développement KW - развојна банка KW - piirkondlik arengupank KW - banque de développement régional KW - regionálna rozvojová banka KW - банка за регионален развој KW - alueellinen kehityspankki KW - regionalna razvojna banka KW - regioninės plėtros bankas KW - τράπεζα περιφερειακής ανάπτυξης KW - Banco de Desenvolvimento Regional KW - bankë rajonale për zhvillim KW - banco regional de desarrollo KW - regionale Entwicklungsbank KW - reģionālās attīstības banka KW - regionale ontwikkelingsbank KW - bancă de dezvoltare regională KW - regionaludviklingsbank KW - regional development bank KW - regionális fejlesztési bank KW - regional utvecklingsbank KW - banca di sviluppo regionale KW - regionální rozvojová banka KW - Multilateral development banks UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85644617 AB - In a study that contributes to International Relations and International Political Economy theory, Ruth Ben-Artzi raises substantive issues relating to aid, development, international relations and globalization. Regional development banks (RDBs), designed by politicians and economists to maneuver through labyrinths of economic, social, and political development, possess the potential to be central players in the long-term planning involved in healing and advancing poverty-plagued regions. However, RDBs in particular have received little attention. With a systematic analysis comparing four central regional development banks, this book explores why there's a variation in strategy despite similar institutional design. The formal arrangements and raison d'©®tre of RDBs is to assist developing countries in the process of poverty alleviation - a task that is often a risky investment. Focusing on the dichotomy between their banking and development roles, Ben-Artzi demonstrates that RDBs are potentially critical catalysts in the fight against poverty, even with their institutional limitations. ER -