[CMI-Chiapas] Americas Program | Iglesias Legacy & IDB's Future

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What's New at the Americas Program
"A New World of Ideas, Analysis and Policy Options"
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June 13, 2005
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New from the IRC's Americas Program:

The Iglesias Legacy and the IDB's Future
By Nadia Martinez

After 17 years at the helm of Latin America's largest source of development 
financing, the President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is 
stepping down. Enrique Iglesias is slated to pass the reins to his 
successor in September. Like the recent fight over the leadership position 
at the Organization of American States, this contest promises to be a long 
and arduous process of political negotiation. As the U.S. attempts to 
maintain its traditionally hegemonic role in Latin America, Brazil is more 
boldly gaining some of that ground. And with annual lending to Latin 
American countries surpassing $8 billion annually, the IDB has significant 
influence over the region's economies.

Nadia Martinez is a contributor to Foreign Policy In Focus (online at 
http://www.fpif.org)and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Policy 
Studies. She coordinates the Latin America program for the Sustainable 
Energy and Economy Network (SEEN, online at http://www.seen.org), a project 
of the Institute. Research assistance for the article was provided by Juan 
Montecino.

See full article online at:
http://americas.irc-online.org/commentary/2005/0506idb.html

With printer-friendly PDF version at:
http://americas.irc-online.org/pdf/commentary/0506idb.pdf

For More Analysis from Foreign Policy In Focus:
U.S. Dominates Dominates World Bank Leadership
By Alex Wilks (February 18, 2005)
http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2005/0502wbank.html

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