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100			_aLarmour, Peter
245			_aConditionality, coercion and other forms of `power': international financial institutions in the pacific
260			_c2002
300			_ap.249-60
362			_aAug
520			_aResearch on conditionality has cast doubt on its effectiveness. Nevertheless, international financial institutions have continued to apply policy conditions to loans to developing country governments. The article aims to contribute to the current debate about conditionality in two ways. Empirically, it introduces recent evidence from countries and institutions not included in earlier studies (the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Papua New Guinea, and the Asian Development Bank in the South Pacific). Conceptually, it introduces arguments from political science to extend our understanding of the power relationships involved. Some conditions have clearly been applied coercively, particularly on `Green' issues. Donors have also controlled the agenda of negotiations. But more productive and disciplinary forms of power are shown to be at work in conditionality, as in other forms of aid. - Reproduced.
650			_aInternational Monetary Fund
650			_aFinancial institutions
650			_aInternational monetary systems
773			_aPublic Administration and Development
909			_a53907
999			_c53907 _d53907