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200 14$aThe World Bank$b[electronic resource] $ea critical primer /$fEric Toussaint ; translated by Elizabeth Anne ... [etc.] ; edited by Sylvain Dropsy
205   $a1st English language ed.
210   $aLondon $cPluto Press ;$aToronto, Ont. $cBetween the Lines ;$aCape Town, South Africa $cDavid Philip Publishers$d2008
215   $a1 online resource (336 p.) 
300   $a"In association with CADTM, Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt, Lie?ge, Belgium."
311   $a0-7453-2713-3 
311   $a0-7453-2714-1 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 304-309) and index.
330   $bThe 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.
606   $aConditionality (International relations)
606   $aEconomic assistance$zDeveloping countries$xEvaluation
606   $aWorld politics
607   $aDeveloping countries$xColonial influence
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615  0$aEconomic assistance$xEvaluation.
615  0$aWorld politics.
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700   $aToussaint$b Eric$01547701
701   $aDropsy$b Sylvain$01547702
712 02$aComite? pour l'annulation de la dette du Tiers Monde.
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996   $aThe World Bank$93804216
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