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Autore |
Toussaint Eric |
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Titolo |
The World Bank [[electronic resource] ] : a critical primer / / Eric Toussaint ; translated by Elizabeth Anne ... [etc.] ; edited by Sylvain Dropsy |
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London, : Pluto Press |
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Toronto, Ont., : Between the Lines |
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Cape Town, South Africa, : David Philip Publishers, 2008 |
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Edizione |
[1st English language ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Conditionality (International relations) |
Economic assistance - Developing countries - Evaluation |
World politics |
Developing countries Colonial influence |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"In association with CADTM, Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt, Liè€ge, Belgium." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-309) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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