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Forgotten foundations of Bretton Woods : international development and the making of the postwar order /

Eric Helleiner's new book provides a powerful corrective to conventional accounts of the negotiations at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, in 1944. These negotiations resulted in the creation of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank--the key international financial institutions of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Helleiner, Eric, 1963- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • International development and the North-South dialogue of Bretton Woods
  • Good neighbors prepare the ground
  • The Inter-American Bank as first draft
  • A new approach to money doctoring in Cuba
  • Building foundations in the US postwar plans
  • Strengthening the foundations in Paraguay
  • The Latin American backing of Bretton Woods
  • Development aspirations in East Asia
  • Britain's lukewarm and inconsistent support
  • Enthusiasm from Eastern Europe and India
  • The aftermath and the forgetting
  • References
  • Index.