Accountability, Transparency and Democracy in the Functioning of Bretton Woods Institutions

Part I. The Governance and the Reforms in Progress

1. Transparency and Democracy in the Governance of the International Monetary Fund and Reforms in Progress: A Voting Power Analysis
Dennis Leech

2. The Evolution of the International Monetary Fund in Response to the Global Financial Crisis
Giuseppe Parigi, Francesco Paternò

3. China and The IMF: A Troubled Relationship
Alessandro Gili

4. The New Development Bank: Another BRICS in the Wall?
Agostina Latino

Part II. The Constitutionalization of the “Washington Consensus” in the European Union

5. From Washington Consensus to Brussels Consensus
Alberto Monteverdi

6. The Constitutionalization of the Washington Consensus in the European Union: Giving up the Social Market Economy
Giulio Peroni

7. Participatory Democracy Within the Revision of the European Economic Governance Due to the Euro-Zone Crisis
Pia Acconci

8. Brexit. Europe Betrayed?
Giuseppe Taranto

Part III. Accountability and Independent Complaint Mechanisms

9. Independent Accountability Mechanisms; How Multilateral Financial Institutions Can Be the Front Runners for Commercial Financial Institutions
M. Putten

10. Accountability in International Organisations: Reviewing the World Bank’s Environmental and Social Framework
Dimitri Meerssche

Part IV. Conditionality and Socio Economic Impact

11. IMF Conditionality and Socio-Economic Impact
Antonio Bassanetti

12. The Human Rights Effects of Participation in Program Lending Versus the CESCR
M. Rodwan Abouharb, David L. Cingranelli

Part V. The Impact of Bretton Woods Institutions on Civil Society

13. Bretton Woods: The Pursuit of Happiness?
Gianludovico Martino, Giada Lepore

14. Accountability and Transparency in Bretton Woods Institution. Two Concrete Experiences
Monica Frassoni

15. Negotiating the EU’s Future: An Italian Perspective
Alessandro Aresu

Keywords: Law, Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law