Debt, the IMF, and the World Bank sixty questions, sixty answers / by Éric Toussaint and Damien Millet ; translated by Judith Abdel Gadir [and six others] ; with the collaboration of Francesca Denley, Virginie de Romanet and Stephanie Jacquemont.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Toussaint, Eric, author.

Millet, Damien, author.

Contributor:

Millet, Damien.

Gadir, Judith Abdel, translator.

Denley, Francesca, contributor.

Romanet, Virginie de, contributor.

Jacquemont, Stephanie, contributor.

Standardized Title:

60 questions, 60 râeponses sur la dette, le FMI et la Banque mondiale. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

International Monetary Fund.

World Bank.

Debts, External--Developing countries--Miscellanea.

Debts, External.

Debt relief--Developing countries.

Debt relief.

Developing countries--Economic policy.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Monthly Review Press, [2010]

Summary:

Mainstream economists tell us that developing countries will replicate the economic achievements of the rich countries if they implement the correct "free-market"policies. But scholars and activists Toussaint and Millet demonstrate that this is patently false. Drawing on a wealth of detailed evidence, they explain how developed economies have systematically and deliberately exploited the less-developed economies by forcing them into unequal trade and political relationships. Integral to this arrangement are the international economic institutions ostensibly created to safeguard the stability o

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. HUMAN RIGHTS, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEBT; 1. What is meant by "developing countries"?; 2. Why is the term "development" ambiguous?; 3. What is the link between debt and poverty?; 4. What are the "Millennium Development Goals" (MDG)?; 5. What are the different kinds of debt for developing countries?; 2. THE ORIGIN OF THE DEBT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; 6. What part did private banks play in the development of developing countries' external debts in the 1960s & 1970s?

7. What part did the World Bank play in the development of the developing countries' external debts in the 1960s and 1970s?8. How does the World Bank function?; 9. What part did the governments of countries of the North play in the evolution of the developing countries' external debt in the 1960s and 1970s?; 10. How was the borrowed money used in the developing countries?; 3. THE DEBT CRISIS; 11. How did the price of commodities evolve during the last quarter of the twentieth century?; 12. What role did the evolution of interest rates play in the 1982 debt crisis?

13. Are the World Bank, the IMF, and private banks somehow responsible for the debt crisis?14. How did creditors respond to the debt crisis?; 15. Are there any similarities with the 2007 subprime crisis?; 4. THE IMF, THE WORLD BANK, AND THE LOGIC OF STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT; 16. How does the IMF function?; 17. What are the short-term or shock measures imposed by structural adjustment, and what are their consequences?; 18. What are the long-term or structural measures imposed by structural adjustment, and what are their consequences?

19. What is the impact of the IMF/World Bank logic on the world food crisis of 2007?5. OTHER INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS: THE PARIS CLUB AND THE WTO; 20. What is the Paris Club?; 21. Are all the developing countries treated in the same way by the Paris Club?; 22. What is undermining the Paris Club?; 23. What is the role of the World Trade Organization (WTO)?; 6. THE STRUCTURE OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES' DEBT; 24. Of what does the external debt of developing countries consist?; 25. How has the debt changed since 1970?; 26. Do developing countries repay debts?

27. What about the external public debt of developing countries?28. How are the debt-related financial flows directed?; 29. What about the domestic debt of developing countries?; 7. DECIPHERING THE OFFICIAL DISCOURSE ON DEBT RELIEF; 30. How did the debt relief initiative come about?; 31. What is the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative?; 32. Has the HIPC initiative achieved its goal?; 33. What was contained in the latest debt relief announced by the G8 in 2005?; 8. THE SHAM OF THE DOMINANT MODEL

34. Does Official Development Assistance (ODA) help to mitigate the effects of the debt?

Notes:

Millet's name appears first in the French edition.

Revised edition of: 60 questions-60 réponses sur la dette, le FMI et la banque mondiale / Damien Millet, Eric Toussaint. 2008.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Related Work:

Millet, Damien. 60 questions-60 réponses sur la dette, le FMI et la banque mondiale.

ISBN:

1-58367-499-3