{"product_id":"the-world-bank-9780745348285","title":"The World Bank","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthoritative, critical history and analysis of the World Bank from its founding to the present day\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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.'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Carlos Marichal, El Colegio de México\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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.'\u003c\/p\u003e -- James K. Galbraith, author, 'Welcome to the Poisoned Chalice: The Destruction of Greece and the Future of Europe'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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.'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Andrés Solimano, founder, International Center for Globalization and Development\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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.'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Michael Roberts, Economist and co-author of 'Capitalism in the 21st Century'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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.'\u003c\/p\u003e -- 'Counterfire'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e Terminology: South\/North – Developing\/Developed. Just What Are We Talking About?\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1 – The Origins of the Bretton Woods Institutions\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2 – The First Years of the World Bank (1946-1962)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3 – Difficult Beginnings Between the Un and the World Bank\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4 –The Post-world War II Context – the Marshall Plan and the London Agreement on\u003cbr\u003e Germany’s Debt\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5 – A Bank Under Influence\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6 –World Bank and IMF Support for Dictatorships\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7 – The World Bank and the Philippines (1946–1990)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8 – The World Bank’s Support for the Dictatorship in Turkey\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9 – The Bank in Indonesia: a Textbook Case of Intervention\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10 – The World Bank’s Theoretical Falsehoods Regarding Development\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11 – South Korea: the “miracle” Unmasked\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12 – The Debt Trap\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 13 – The World Bank Saw the Debt Crisis Looming\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 14 – The Mexican Debt Crisis and the World Bank\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 15 – The World Bank and the IMF: the Creditors’ Enforcers\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 16 – Presidents Barber Conable and Lewis Preston (1986-1995)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 17 – Rwanda: the Genocide’s Financiers\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 18 – James Wolfensohn Switches on the Charm (1995-2005)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 19 – Debates in Washington at the Start of the Twenty-first Century\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 20 – Structural Adjustment and the Washington Consensus Were Not Abandoned in 2000\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 21 – Climate and the Environmental Crisis: Sorcerer’s Apprentices at the World Bank and the IMF\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 22 – Paul Wolfowitz (2005–2007): an Architect of the Invasion of Iraq at the Head of the World Bank\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 23 – Ecuador: Progress and the Limits of Resistance to the Policies of the World Bank, the IMF and Other Creditors\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 24 – The US President’s Men Keep Control of the World Bank\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 25 – The IMF and the World Bank in the Time of Coronavirus: the Failed Campaign for a New Image\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 26 – The World Bank Did Not Foresee the Arab Spring Popular Uprisings and Still Promotes the Very Same Policies That Triggered Them\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 27 – The “Gender Equity” Farce: a Feminist Reading of World Bank Policies\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 28 – The World Bank and Human Rights\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 29 – Time to Put an End to World Bank Impunity\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 30 – The Case for Abolishing and Replacing the IMF and the World Bank \u003cbr\u003e Annexes\u003cbr\u003e Annex 1: The World Bank: an ABC\u003cbr\u003e Annex 2: The International Monetary Fund (IMF): an ABC Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography of Works Cited\u003cbr\u003e Works by Eric Toussaint Published in English\u003cbr\u003e Table of Tables\u003cbr\u003e Table of Graphs\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865702084951,"sku":"9780745348285","price":61.52,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745348285.jpg?v=1722275175","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-world-bank-9780745348285","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}