World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and Subregional Development Banks in Latin America: Dynamics of a System of Multilateral Development Banks
Prada, Fernando | September 2012
Abstract
Multilateral development banks (MDBs) are an innovative institutional model to channel financing and knowledge to developing countries. In Latin America, the balance of forces between competition and collaboration among MDBs and other sources of development finance have formed a system that is decentralized and client-oriented. We analyze three types of relationships between MDBs to show areas of strength in their operations and future potential. For this, we use a great amount of quantitative data from the annual reports and financial databases of MDBs that the FORO Nacional Internacional research program has been tracking periodically.
The three types of dynamics between these institutions are (i) division of labor between MDBs and comparative advantages; (ii) finding a balance between financial strength, internal costs, and development effectiveness; and (iii) deciding on the distribution of net income to create capacities to provide services to member countries.
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Prada, Fernando. 2012. World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and Subregional Development Banks in Latin America: Dynamics of a System of Multilateral Development Banks. © Asian Development Bank Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/1142. License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Development
Finance
Development Challenges
Development Issues
Development Problems
Microenterprises Finance
Commercial Finance Companies
Enterprise Financing
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