The two worlds of the multilateral development banks -- The banks and their shareholders -- The banks and the Beltway in the 1970s -- Forging a new policy program -- Disciplining the banks -- The emergence of the Washington consensus -- Augmenting the Washington consensus -- The rise of social...

<DIV><DIV><P>The World Bank and other multilateral development banks (MDBs) carry out their mission to alleviate poverty and promote economic growth based on the advice of professional economists. But as Sarah Babb argues in <I>Behind the Development Banks</I>, these organizations have also been indelibly shaped by...</i></p></div></div>

Probably no region’s economists have had greater public visibility or greater impact on regional and national public policy than Latin America’s and no region has been more directly affected by the spread of US economics. Economists in the Americas joins a small but important...