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Author:   Éric Toussaint
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.539kg
ISBN:  

9780745327143

ISBN 10:   0745327141
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   20 December 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock  

Language:   French

Table of Contents

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

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Eric Toussaint studies the evolution of the debt of Southern countries with painstaking precision and patience. Thanks to his efforts and those of the young men and women assisting him, the CADTM has established itself as an authentic counter-power to the Bretton Woods institutions and the Paris Club. -- Jean Ziegler, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. Author of numerous books, including La'empire de la honte (The Empire of Shame), 2005. Toussaint's book is an indictment of the World Bank and he is clear that any financial institutions that take its place 'must be subservient to a social movement totally opposed to capitalism and neoliberalism'. -- Michael McDonnell, Socialist Review Eric Toussaint has once again provided absolutely critical information. Anyone concerned with how excessive Northern wealth flows from sustained Southern poverty needs this analysis. -- Patrick Bond, Director, University of KwaZulu-Natal Centre for Civil Society, Durban, South Africa Eric Toussaint studies the evolution of the debt of Southern countries with painstaking precision and patience. -- Jean Ziegler, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Eric Toussaint has once again provided absolutely critical information. Anyone concerned with how excessive Northern wealth flows from sustained Southern poverty needs this analysis. -- Patrick Bond, Director, University of KwaZulu-Natal Centre for Civil Society, Durban, South Africa

Eric Toussaint studies the evolution of the debt of Southern countries with painstaking precision and patience. Thanks to his efforts and those of the young men and women assisting him, the CADTM has established itself as an authentic counter-power to the Bretton Woods institutions and the Paris Club. -- Jean Ziegler, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. Author of numerous books, including L,empire de la honte (The Empire of Shame), 2005. Toussaint's book is an indictment of the World Bank and he is clear that any financial institutions that take its place 'must be subservient to a social movement totally opposed to capitalism and neoliberalism'. -- Michael McDonnell, Socialist Review Eric Toussaint has once again provided absolutely critical information. Anyone concerned with how excessive Northern wealth flows from sustained Southern poverty needs this analysis. -- Patrick Bond, Director, University of KwaZulu-Natal Centre for Civil Society, Durban, South Africa Eric Toussaint studies the evolution of the debt of Southern countries with painstaking precision and patience. -- Jean Ziegler, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Eric Toussaint has once again provided absolutely critical information. Anyone concerned with how excessive Northern wealth flows from sustained Southern poverty needs this analysis. -- Patrick Bond, Director, University of KwaZulu-Natal Centre for Civil Society, Durban, South Africa

Author Information

Éric Toussaint is a historian and political scientist with a PhD from the Universities of Paris VIII and Liège. He is spokesperson for the CADTM (Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt) of which he is one of the founding members. He took part in the process that launched the World Social Forum in 2001. He is the author of numerous books, including The Debt System; Bankocracy, and Debt, the IMF, and the World Bank: Sixty Questions, Sixty Answers.

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