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The World Bank : a critical primer / Eric Toussaint ; translated by Elizabeth Anne ... [etc.] ; edited by Sylvain Dropsy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Toussaint, Eric.
- Standardized Title:
- Banque mondiale. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conditionality (International relations).
- Economic assistance--Developing countries--Evaluation.
- Economic assistance.
- World politics.
- Developing countries--Colonial influence.
- Developing countries.
- World Bank--Influence.
- World Bank.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st English language ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Pluto Press ; Toronto, Ont. : Between the Lines ; Cape Town, South Africa : David Philip Publishers, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The World Bank is a controversial organisation. It is widely viewed with suspicion, as the international economic arm of the US, in thrall to the President who is responsible for appointing the head of the Bank.Eric Toussaint gives a highly readable account of just why the World Bank has become so powerful. In short, clear chapters he shows how the bank operates, who funds it, and what it sets out to promote. The Bank's main purpose is to grant loans to all the newly independent states of the developing world, to help them on their journey to recovery after colonial occupation. In reality, the conditions imposed on these states -- including enforced privatisation of all public services, and enforced neo-liberal rules on trade -- mean that the Bank has become the new colonial authority in everything but name.This is a perfect book for anyone looking for a critical introduction to the history of the Bank and its role in world affairs.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- About this Book
- Abbreviations
- Terminology
- Introduction
- 1 The Creation of the Bretton Woods Institutions
- 2 The First Years of the World Bank (1946-62)
- 3 Diffi cult Beginnings between the UN and the World Bank
- 4 The Post-1945 Context: the Marshall Plan and US Bilateral Aid
- 5 A Bank Under the Infl uence
- 6 World Bank and IMF Support of Dictatorships
- 7 The World Bank and the Philippines (1946-90)
- 8 The World Bank's Support of the Dictatorship in Turkey
- 9 The World Bank in Indonesia - A Textbook Case of Intervention
- 10 The World Bank's Theories of Development
- 11 South Korea: the Miracle Unmasked
- 12 The Debt Trap
- 13 The World Bank Saw the Debt Crisis Looming
- 14 The Mexican Debt Crisis and the World Bank
- 15 The World Bank and the IMF: the Creditors' Bailiffs
- 16 Presidents Barber Conable and Lewis Preston (1986-95)
- 17 James Wolfensohn Switches on the Charm (1995-2005)
- 18 Debates in Washington at the Start of the Twenty-fi rst Century
- 19 The World Bank's Accounts
- 20 Paul Wolfowitz, Tenth World Bank President
- 21 Structural Adjustment and the Washington Consensus: Are They Things of the Past?
- 22 The World Bank and Respect for Human Rights1
- 23 Time to Put an End to World Bank Impunity
- 24 An Indictment of the World Bank
- Appendix The World Bank Group Fact Sheet
- Afterword The World Bank: Hands Up, This is a Hold-Up!
- Glossary
- Notes to the Text
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- "In association with CADTM, Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt, Liège, Belgium."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-309) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781849643764
- 1849643768
- OCLC:
- 847478753
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