The World Bank [[electronic resource] ] : a critical primer / / Eric Toussaint ; translated by Elizabeth Anne ... [etc.] ; edited by Sylvain Dropsy

• Autore: Toussaint Eric
• Pubblicazione: London, : Pluto Press; Toronto, Ont., : Between the Lines; Cape Town, South Africa, : David Philip Publishers, 2008
• Edizione: 1st English language ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Disciplina: 332.1532
• Soggetto topico: Conditionality (International relations); Economic assistance - Developing countries - Evaluation; World politics
• Soggetto geografico: Developing countries Colonial influence
• Altri autori: DropsySylvain
• Note generali: "In association with CADTM, Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt, Liège, Belgium."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-309) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The World Bank
• ISBN: 1-84964-376-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815710303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II