Claudia Kedar
Biographic Data
| ID | 704170 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Claudia Kedar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Claudia |
| FAMILY NAME | Kedar |
| SIGNATURE | KEDAR C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2375-9533 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The World Bank's Structural Adjustment Lending and Argentina's Neoliberal Turn, 1989–91
This article examines the World Bank's (WB) use of structural adjustment lending (SAL) in Argentina during 1989–91, when President Carlos Menem launched a far-reaching neoliberal transformation. Drawing on recently declassified WB files and Argentine and US primary sources, it analyzes the intensive negotiations that led to the WB's first adjustment loans to Menem's administration and to the granting of an unprecedented number of loans to the cou…
The ‘political indifference’ of the World Bank
An intriguing question regarding the relationship between international financial institutions (IFIs) and their Latin American borrowers concerns how and why regime type influences the degree to which the parties are prepared to sign loan agreements. Some scholars highlight a ‘democratic advantage’, while others argue that, on the contrary, a ‘democratic disadvantage’ is evident. This article engages with this scholarly debate, offering a histori…
The Civic-Military Coup of 24 March 1976 as a Turning Point in Argentina's Contemporary History
This article introduces a special issue marking the fiftieth anniversary of Argentina's 24 March 1976 coup, which inaugurated a brutal civic-military dictatorship and a program to reshape the state, economy, and society. Situating the coup within Argentina's long history of cycles of authoritarianism and democracy, escalating political violence, and regional patterns of military intervention, the special issue highlights both continuities and rup…
Friends or foes? Brazil, the IMF and the World Bank, 1961–1967
Between June 1959 and March 1964, the democratic governments of Brazilian presidents Juscelino Kubitschek (January 1956 – January 1961), Janio Quadros (January–August 1961), Ranieri Mazzilli (August–September 1961) and João ‘Jango’ Goulart (September 1961 – April 1964) received no support from the World Bank (WB), which refused to fund even a single new project during this period. During this same period, and, more specifically, between July 1958…
The World Bank Lending and Non-Lending to Latin America
Through the analysis of Argentina-World Bank (WB) relations between 1971 and 1976, this article examines how democracies and dictatorships, as well as political and economic constraints did (or did not) impact WB lending to Latin America. This period is especially revealing. Between May 1971 and September 1976, the WB did not grant any new loans to Argentina, thereby generating an exceptional and unusually long break in WB lending to the country.…
Economic neutrality during the Cold War
This paper reconstructs the unknown Chile-World Bank interactions during the formative years of Pinochet’s dictatorship (1973–1977). Prevalent understandings of the WB portray it as a loyal Washington ally. However, new evidence from the WB Archives and additional documents reveal that US efforts to make lending contingent on human rights considerations, thereby forcing the Bank to abandon its so-called economic neutrality, were only partially ef…
Human Rights and Multilateral Lending
Since its establishment at the Bretton Woods Conference of 1944, the World Bank (WB) has been expected to follow a self-imposed and vaguely defined principle of ‘neutrality.’ According to this principle, the decisions made by the WB and its officers were expected to be based purely on economic criteria, with no input from political considerations. By focusing on the generous support that the WB provided to the dictatorship that ruled Argentina be…
The International Monetary Fund and the Chilean Chicago Boys, 1973–7
This article unveils the hitherto overlooked tensions between Chile and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during the formative years of the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet (from September 1973 to late 1977). This article shows that ideological affinity between the IMF and Pinochet’s economic team of ‘Chicago Boys’ did not necessarily guarantee fruitful cooperation between the parties. The analysis of this intricate relationship sheds…
The World Bank–United States–Latin American Triangle
This paper sheds light on the largely unknown negotiations between Chile and the World Bank (WB) during the presidency of Salvador Allende (1970–1973). The prevalent understanding of the WB's involvement in Latin America portrays the Bank as a loyal ally of the U.S. government and as an institution with the power to impose its views on its borrowers. Yet, an in-depth analysis of previously unexamined primary sources demonstrates that rather than …
Salvador Allende and the International Monetary Fund, 1970-1973
This article unveils the continuous and productive relationship that developed between Chile and the IMF during Salvador Allende's presidency (1970-73). This counter-intuitive relationship was made possible by the systematicdepoliticisationandtechnocratisationof the ties between them. By downplaying ideological discrepancies and keeping a high degree of autonomy, the IMF and Chilean technocrats blurred rigid Cold War divides and circumvented the …
Chronicle of an Inconclusive Negotiation
Argentina joined the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) in 1956-ten years later than all other American nations and only one year after President Juan Perón's overthrow. This fact has led scholars to conclude that Perón refused to join the Fund and Bank because he considered them to be tools of US imperialism. This article reveals that, contrary to populist depictions of Pe…
The Beginning of a Controversial Relationship
The few historical studies that have addressed the formative years of the relationship between Argentina and the Bretton Woods Institutions—the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, better known as the World Bank—begin their narratives in the post-Peronist period. However, its roots are found in the pre-Peronist and the pre-IMF era. This article focuses on a specific crucial point for the…
El Fondo Monetario y el Banco Mundial en la Argentina. Liberalismo, populismo y finanzas internacionales. RAÚL GarcÍA Heras
Tal como lo señala Raúl García Heras en el comienzo del libro, "desde el ingreso de la Argentina al Fondo Monetario y al Banco Mundial en 1956, ambos organismos han tenido un papel clave, conflictivo y por ende cada vez más discutible en su política económica". Efectivamente, la acalorada polémica desatada en los últimos años en torno a las políticas económicas aplicadas en la Argentina con el apoyo de los "Gemelos de Bretton Woods", ha originado…
Economic neutrality during the Cold War
This paper reconstructs the unknown Chile-World Bank interactions during the formative years of Pinochet’s dictatorship (1973–1977). Prevalent understandings of the WB portray it as a loyal Washington ally. However, new evidence from the WB Archives and additional documents reveal that US efforts to make lending contingent on human rights considerations, thereby forcing the Bank to abandon its so-called economic neutrality, were only partially ef…
The International Monetary Fund and the Chilean Chicago Boys, 1973–7
This article unveils the hitherto overlooked tensions between Chile and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during the formative years of the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet (from September 1973 to late 1977). This article shows that ideological affinity between the IMF and Pinochet’s economic team of ‘Chicago Boys’ did not necessarily guarantee fruitful cooperation between the parties. The analysis of this intricate relationship sheds…
The World Bank–United States–Latin American Triangle
This paper sheds light on the largely unknown negotiations between Chile and the World Bank (WB) during the presidency of Salvador Allende (1970–1973). The prevalent understanding of the WB's involvement in Latin America portrays the Bank as a loyal ally of the U.S. government and as an institution with the power to impose its views on its borrowers. Yet, an in-depth analysis of previously unexamined primary sources demonstrates that rather than …
Salvador Allende and the International Monetary Fund, 1970-1973
This article unveils the continuous and productive relationship that developed between Chile and the IMF during Salvador Allende's presidency (1970-73). This counter-intuitive relationship was made possible by the systematicdepoliticisationandtechnocratisationof the ties between them. By downplaying ideological discrepancies and keeping a high degree of autonomy, the IMF and Chilean technocrats blurred rigid Cold War divides and circumvented the …
Chronicle of an Inconclusive Negotiation
Argentina joined the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) in 1956-ten years later than all other American nations and only one year after President Juan Perón's overthrow. This fact has led scholars to conclude that Perón refused to join the Fund and Bank because he considered them to be tools of US imperialism. This article reveals that, contrary to populist depictions of Pe…
Human Rights and Multilateral Lending
Since its establishment at the Bretton Woods Conference of 1944, the World Bank (WB) has been expected to follow a self-imposed and vaguely defined principle of ‘neutrality.’ According to this principle, the decisions made by the WB and its officers were expected to be based purely on economic criteria, with no input from political considerations. By focusing on the generous support that the WB provided to the dictatorship that ruled Argentina be…
The World Bank Lending and Non-Lending to Latin America
Through the analysis of Argentina-World Bank (WB) relations between 1971 and 1976, this article examines how democracies and dictatorships, as well as political and economic constraints did (or did not) impact WB lending to Latin America. This period is especially revealing. Between May 1971 and September 1976, the WB did not grant any new loans to Argentina, thereby generating an exceptional and unusually long break in WB lending to the country.…
The Beginning of a Controversial Relationship
The few historical studies that have addressed the formative years of the relationship between Argentina and the Bretton Woods Institutions—the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, better known as the World Bank—begin their narratives in the post-Peronist period. However, its roots are found in the pre-Peronist and the pre-IMF era. This article focuses on a specific crucial point for the…
El Fondo Monetario y el Banco Mundial en la Argentina. Liberalismo, populismo y finanzas internacionales. RAÚL GarcÍA Heras
Tal como lo señala Raúl García Heras en el comienzo del libro, "desde el ingreso de la Argentina al Fondo Monetario y al Banco Mundial en 1956, ambos organismos han tenido un papel clave, conflictivo y por ende cada vez más discutible en su política económica". Efectivamente, la acalorada polémica desatada en los últimos años en torno a las políticas económicas aplicadas en la Argentina con el apoyo de los "Gemelos de Bretton Woods", ha originado…
The Beginning of a Controversial Relationship
The few historical studies that have addressed the formative years of the relationship between Argentina and the Bretton Woods Institutions—the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, better known as the World Bank—begin their narratives in the post-Peronist period. However, its roots are found in the pre-Peronist and the pre-IMF era. This article focuses on a specific crucial point for the…
Chronicle of an Inconclusive Negotiation
Argentina joined the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) in 1956-ten years later than all other American nations and only one year after President Juan Perón's overthrow. This fact has led scholars to conclude that Perón refused to join the Fund and Bank because he considered them to be tools of US imperialism. This article reveals that, contrary to populist depictions of Pe…
Salvador Allende and the International Monetary Fund, 1970-1973
This article unveils the continuous and productive relationship that developed between Chile and the IMF during Salvador Allende's presidency (1970-73). This counter-intuitive relationship was made possible by the systematicdepoliticisationandtechnocratisationof the ties between them. By downplaying ideological discrepancies and keeping a high degree of autonomy, the IMF and Chilean technocrats blurred rigid Cold War divides and circumvented the …
The World Bank–United States–Latin American Triangle
This paper sheds light on the largely unknown negotiations between Chile and the World Bank (WB) during the presidency of Salvador Allende (1970–1973). The prevalent understanding of the WB's involvement in Latin America portrays the Bank as a loyal ally of the U.S. government and as an institution with the power to impose its views on its borrowers. Yet, an in-depth analysis of previously unexamined primary sources demonstrates that rather than …
The International Monetary Fund and the Chilean Chicago Boys, 1973–7
This article unveils the hitherto overlooked tensions between Chile and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during the formative years of the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet (from September 1973 to late 1977). This article shows that ideological affinity between the IMF and Pinochet’s economic team of ‘Chicago Boys’ did not necessarily guarantee fruitful cooperation between the parties. The analysis of this intricate relationship sheds…
Economic neutrality during the Cold War
This paper reconstructs the unknown Chile-World Bank interactions during the formative years of Pinochet’s dictatorship (1973–1977). Prevalent understandings of the WB portray it as a loyal Washington ally. However, new evidence from the WB Archives and additional documents reveal that US efforts to make lending contingent on human rights considerations, thereby forcing the Bank to abandon its so-called economic neutrality, were only partially ef…
Human Rights and Multilateral Lending
Since its establishment at the Bretton Woods Conference of 1944, the World Bank (WB) has been expected to follow a self-imposed and vaguely defined principle of ‘neutrality.’ According to this principle, the decisions made by the WB and its officers were expected to be based purely on economic criteria, with no input from political considerations. By focusing on the generous support that the WB provided to the dictatorship that ruled Argentina be…
The World Bank Lending and Non-Lending to Latin America
Through the analysis of Argentina-World Bank (WB) relations between 1971 and 1976, this article examines how democracies and dictatorships, as well as political and economic constraints did (or did not) impact WB lending to Latin America. This period is especially revealing. Between May 1971 and September 1976, the WB did not grant any new loans to Argentina, thereby generating an exceptional and unusually long break in WB lending to the country.…
Friends or foes? Brazil, the IMF and the World Bank, 1961–1967
Between June 1959 and March 1964, the democratic governments of Brazilian presidents Juscelino Kubitschek (January 1956 – January 1961), Janio Quadros (January–August 1961), Ranieri Mazzilli (August–September 1961) and João ‘Jango’ Goulart (September 1961 – April 1964) received no support from the World Bank (WB), which refused to fund even a single new project during this period. During this same period, and, more specifically, between July 1958…
The ‘political indifference’ of the World Bank
An intriguing question regarding the relationship between international financial institutions (IFIs) and their Latin American borrowers concerns how and why regime type influences the degree to which the parties are prepared to sign loan agreements. Some scholars highlight a ‘democratic advantage’, while others argue that, on the contrary, a ‘democratic disadvantage’ is evident. This article engages with this scholarly debate, offering a histori…
The Civic-Military Coup of 24 March 1976 as a Turning Point in Argentina's Contemporary History
This article introduces a special issue marking the fiftieth anniversary of Argentina's 24 March 1976 coup, which inaugurated a brutal civic-military dictatorship and a program to reshape the state, economy, and society. Situating the coup within Argentina's long history of cycles of authoritarianism and democracy, escalating political violence, and regional patterns of military intervention, the special issue highlights both continuities and rup…
The World Bank's Structural Adjustment Lending and Argentina's Neoliberal Turn, 1989–91
This article examines the World Bank's (WB) use of structural adjustment lending (SAL) in Argentina during 1989–91, when President Carlos Menem launched a far-reaching neoliberal transformation. Drawing on recently declassified WB files and Argentine and US primary sources, it analyzes the intensive negotiations that led to the WB's first adjustment loans to Menem's administration and to the granting of an unprecedented number of loans to the cou…
Political science (11 works) · Economics (10 works) · International Development and Aid (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Politics (9 works) · Economic history (8 works) · Democracy (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Dictatorship (5 works) · Ideology (5 works)