The World Bank: A Critical Primer
Autor Eric Toussainten Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 dec 2007
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.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780745327136
ISBN-10: 0745327133
Pagini: 336
Ilustrații: 16 tables,20 figures
Dimensiuni: 135 x 215 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: PLUTO PRESS
Colecția Pluto Press
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0745327133
Pagini: 336
Ilustrații: 16 tables,20 figures
Dimensiuni: 135 x 215 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: PLUTO PRESS
Colecția Pluto Press
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Eric Toussaint is president of the Brussels-based Committee for Cancellation of the Third World Debt and is a Fellow and frequent lecturer at the International Institute for Research and Education in Amsterdam. He edits the journal Les Autres Voix de la Planete and co-edited the anthology IMF/World Bank/WTO: The Free-Market Fiasco (Amsterdam, 1995). Raghu Krishnan is a translator, interpreter and journalist. His articles have appeared in the Economic and Political Weekly(Bombay), Monthly Review (New York) and International Viewpoint (Paris). Hetranslated Claude Jacquin's book The Trade-Union Left and the Birth of aNew South Africa (IIRE, Amsterdam, 1999). He currently lives in Paris.
Cuprins
About this book
Terminology
Introduction
1. The creation of the Bretton Woods institutions
2. The first years of the World Bank (1946-1962)
3. Difficult beginnings between the UN and the World Bank
4. The post-World War II context - the Marshall Plan and US bilateral aid
5. A Bank under the influence
6. World Bank and IMF support of dictatorships
7. The World Bank and the Philippines (1946-1990)
8. The World Bank's support of the dictatorship in Turkey
9. The Bank in Indonesia: a textbook case of intervention
10. The World Bank's theories on 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 (1986-1995)
17. James Wolfensohn switches on the charm (1995-2005)
18. Debates in Washington at the start of the twenty-first century
19. The World Bank's accounts
20. Paul Wolfowitz, 10th World Bank President
21. Structural adjustment and the Washington Consensus: are they things of the past?
22. The World Bank and the respect of human rights
23. Time to put an end to World Bank impunity
24. An indictment of the World Bank
Afterword: Interview with Eric Toussaint
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Terminology
Introduction
1. The creation of the Bretton Woods institutions
2. The first years of the World Bank (1946-1962)
3. Difficult beginnings between the UN and the World Bank
4. The post-World War II context - the Marshall Plan and US bilateral aid
5. A Bank under the influence
6. World Bank and IMF support of dictatorships
7. The World Bank and the Philippines (1946-1990)
8. The World Bank's support of the dictatorship in Turkey
9. The Bank in Indonesia: a textbook case of intervention
10. The World Bank's theories on 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 (1986-1995)
17. James Wolfensohn switches on the charm (1995-2005)
18. Debates in Washington at the start of the twenty-first century
19. The World Bank's accounts
20. Paul Wolfowitz, 10th World Bank President
21. Structural adjustment and the Washington Consensus: are they things of the past?
22. The World Bank and the respect of human rights
23. Time to put an end to World Bank impunity
24. An indictment of the World Bank
Afterword: Interview with Eric Toussaint
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Recenzii
'Superior … a broad ranging guide that explains the global power structure over the last eight decades. The history of the World Bank and its frequent support of dictatorships in the Global South clarifies the nexus between high finance and power politics.'
Carlos Marichal, El Colegio de México
'The World Bank's many critics usually urge institutional redemption through reforms. In this harsh and thorough indictment, Eric Toussaint blasts those hopes. Covering the history of the Bank from its early days as a prop to European colonialism through the Rwandan genocide, the Washington Consensus and the Iraq war, he argues that the Bank is incorrigible and should, therefore, be abolished. Read and judge for yourselves.'
James K. Galbraith, author, 'Welcome to the Poisoned Chalice: The Destruction of Greece and the Future of Europe'
'The record of lending to authoritarian regimes … invites fresh thinking on the need to streamline human rights considerations into development lending. Recommended reading to get a different view of the Bretton Woods institutions.'
Andrés Solimano, founder, International Center for Globalization and Development
'Eric Toussaint's book could not be more opportune as the world enters a dangerous period of potential geopolitical conflict. Toussaint exposes, with chapter and verse, the role of the World Bank (and other 'Bretton Woods institutions) as tools for the financial control of the world - in particular, the exploitation of the Global South through the manipulation of debt. The World Bank is found not to be a great institution to reduce global poverty, but on the contrary, to perpetuate it.'
Michael Roberts, Economist and co-author of 'Capitalism in the 21st Century'
'Éric Toussaint's detailed and powerful indictment of the World Bank emerges at a vital time. It should be read by all who want to challenge domination and exploitation and contribute to the struggle for global justice.'
'Counterfire'
Carlos Marichal, El Colegio de México
'The World Bank's many critics usually urge institutional redemption through reforms. In this harsh and thorough indictment, Eric Toussaint blasts those hopes. Covering the history of the Bank from its early days as a prop to European colonialism through the Rwandan genocide, the Washington Consensus and the Iraq war, he argues that the Bank is incorrigible and should, therefore, be abolished. Read and judge for yourselves.'
James K. Galbraith, author, 'Welcome to the Poisoned Chalice: The Destruction of Greece and the Future of Europe'
'The record of lending to authoritarian regimes … invites fresh thinking on the need to streamline human rights considerations into development lending. Recommended reading to get a different view of the Bretton Woods institutions.'
Andrés Solimano, founder, International Center for Globalization and Development
'Eric Toussaint's book could not be more opportune as the world enters a dangerous period of potential geopolitical conflict. Toussaint exposes, with chapter and verse, the role of the World Bank (and other 'Bretton Woods institutions) as tools for the financial control of the world - in particular, the exploitation of the Global South through the manipulation of debt. The World Bank is found not to be a great institution to reduce global poverty, but on the contrary, to perpetuate it.'
Michael Roberts, Economist and co-author of 'Capitalism in the 21st Century'
'Éric Toussaint's detailed and powerful indictment of the World Bank emerges at a vital time. It should be read by all who want to challenge domination and exploitation and contribute to the struggle for global justice.'
'Counterfire'
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Authoritative, critical history and analysis of the World Bank from its founding to the present day