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Debt, the IMF, and the World Bank sixty questions, sixty answers /
"Maintream economists tell us that developing countries will replicate the economic achievements of the rich countries if they implement the correct "free-market" policies. The authors demonstrate that this is patently false. Drawing on a wealth of detailed evidence, they explain how...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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New York :
Monthly Review Press,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. HUMAN RIGHTS, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEBT; 1. What is meant by "developing countries"?; 2. Why is the term "development" ambiguous?; 3. What is the link between debt and poverty?; 4. What are the "Millennium Development Goals" (MDG)?; 5. What are the different kinds of debt for developing countries?; 2. THE ORIGIN OF THE DEBT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; 6. What part did private banks play in the development of developing countries' external debts in the 1960s & 1970s?
- 7. What part did the World Bank play in the development of the developing countries' external debts in the 1960s and 1970s?8. How does the World Bank function?; 9. What part did the governments of countries of the North play in the evolution of the developing countries' external debt in the 1960s and 1970s?; 10. How was the borrowed money used in the developing countries?; 3. THE DEBT CRISIS; 11. How did the price of commodities evolve during the last quarter of the twentieth century?; 12. What role did the evolution of interest rates play in the 1982 debt crisis?
- 13. Are the World Bank, the IMF, and private banks somehow responsible for the debt crisis?14. How did creditors respond to the debt crisis?; 15. Are there any similarities with the 2007 subprime crisis?; 4. THE IMF, THE WORLD BANK, AND THE LOGIC OF STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT; 16. How does the IMF function?; 17. What are the short-term or shock measures imposed by structural adjustment, and what are their consequences?; 18. What are the long-term or structural measures imposed by structural adjustment, and what are their consequences?
- 19. What is the impact of the IMF/World Bank logic on the world food crisis of 2007?5. OTHER INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS: THE PARIS CLUB AND THE WTO; 20. What is the Paris Club?; 21. Are all the developing countries treated in the same way by the Paris Club?; 22. What is undermining the Paris Club?; 23. What is the role of the World Trade Organization (WTO)?; 6. THE STRUCTURE OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES' DEBT; 24. Of what does the external debt of developing countries consist?; 25. How has the debt changed since 1970?; 26. Do developing countries repay debts?
- 27. What about the external public debt of developing countries?28. How are the debt-related financial flows directed?; 29. What about the domestic debt of developing countries?; 7. DECIPHERING THE OFFICIAL DISCOURSE ON DEBT RELIEF; 30. How did the debt relief initiative come about?; 31. What is the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative?; 32. Has the HIPC initiative achieved its goal?; 33. What was contained in the latest debt relief announced by the G8 in 2005?; 8. THE SHAM OF THE DOMINANT MODEL.