The World Bank : a critical primer, Eric Toussaint ; translated by Elizabeth Anne [and 10 others] ; edited by Sylvain Dropsy

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Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-309) and index

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Contents: Introduction -- The creation of the Bretton Woods institutions -- The first years of the World Bank (1946-62) -- Difficult beginnings between the UN and the World Bank -- The post-1945 context : the Marshall Plan and US bilateral aid -- A bank under the influence -- World Bank and IMF support of dictatorships -- The World Bank and the Philippines (1946-90) -- The World Bank's support of the dictatorship in Turkey -- The World Bank in Indonesia, a textbook case of intervention -- The World Bank's theories of development -- South Korea : the miracle unmasked -- The debt trap -- The World Bank saw the debt crisis looming -- The Mexican debt crisis and the World Bank -- The World Bank and the IMF : the creditors' bailiffs -- Presidents Barber Conable and Lewis Preston (1986-95) -- James Wolfensohn switches on the charm (1995-2005) -- Debates in Washington at the start of the twenty-first century -- The World Bank's accounts -- Paul Wolfowize, tenth World Bank president -- Structural adjustment and the Washington concensus : are they things of the past? -- The World Bank and respect for human rights -- Time to put an end to World Bank impunity -- 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

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