03297nam 2200685Ia 450 991045534610332120200520144314.01-84964-376-8(CKB)1000000000802530(StDuBDS)AH22933664(SSID)ssj0000520523(PQKBManifestationID)12231044(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520523(PQKBWorkID)10514138(PQKB)10670614(SSID)ssj0000431425(PQKBManifestationID)12104453(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000431425(PQKBWorkID)10474672(PQKB)11004025(MiAaPQ)EBC3386633(Au-PeEL)EBL3386633(CaPaEBR)ebr10578987(CaONFJC)MIL987867(OCoLC)847478753(EXLCZ)99100000000080253020080509d2008 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe World Bank[electronic resource] a critical primer /Eric Toussaint ; translated by Elizabeth Anne ... [etc.] ; edited by Sylvain Dropsy1st English language ed.London Pluto Press ;Toronto, Ont. Between the Lines ;Cape Town, South Africa David Philip Publishers20081 online resource (336 p.) "In association with CADTM, Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt, Liège, Belgium."0-7453-2713-3 0-7453-2714-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-309) and index.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.Conditionality (International relations)Economic assistanceDeveloping countriesEvaluationWorld politicsDeveloping countriesColonial influenceElectronic books.Conditionality (International relations)Economic assistanceEvaluation.World politics.332.1532Toussaint Eric1046170Dropsy Sylvain1046171Comité pour l'annulation de la dette du Tiers Monde.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455346103321The World Bank2472897UNINA