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Laerte Apolinário Júnior is a scholar in Political Science affiliated with Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUCSP) in Brazil. His research focuses on international financial institutions, development cooperation, and global governance. He has authored works including 'Governing International Financial Institutions: the power structures of the IMF and the World Bank', 'International Development Cooperation in the Amazon', and 'Punctuated Equilibrium in the Regime Complex of International Development Cooperation'. With a strong record of peer review and scholarly engagement, he has contributed to multiple international and national publications, reviewed numerous papers, and mentored a broad network of scholars. His academic interests are deeply rooted in the politics of international regimes and development cooperation.
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2024 -Research
Governing International Financial Institutions: the power structures of the IMF and the World Bank
This paper analyses the governance structures of the international financial system, focusing on the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Therefore, this study elucidates the functioning of these institutions through an analysis of its power structures. First, we examine the origins, evolution, and the institutional structure of these organizations. Second, we perform a literature review on the governance of international institutions to highlight the most appropriate theories to analyze the object in question. Then, we examine the cases in question through the Principal-Agent theory.
