LEADER 04798nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910815710303321 005 20240417022251.0 010 $a1-84964-376-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000802530 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH22933664 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000520523 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12231044 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520523 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10514138 035 $a(PQKB)10670614 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000431425 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12104453 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000431425 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10474672 035 $a(PQKB)11004025 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3386633 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10578987 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL987867 035 $a(OCoLC)847478753 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3386633 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000802530 100 $a20080509d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$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. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 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 615 0$aConditionality (International relations) 615 0$aEconomic assistance$xEvaluation. 615 0$aWorld politics. 676 $a332.1532 700 $aToussaint$b Eric$01682736 701 $aDropsy$b Sylvain$01682737 712 02$aComite? pour l'annulation de la dette du Tiers Monde. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815710303321 996 $aThe World Bank$94053049 997 $aUNINA