The World Bank

A Critical Primer

Éric Toussaint

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English

Pluto Press UK
01 May 2008

Economics & Business; International finance; Banking

The World Bank is a controversial organisation. It is widely viewed with suspicion, as the international economic arm of the US, in thrall to the President who is responsible for appointing the head of the Bank.

Eric Toussaint gives a highly readable account of just why the World Bank has become so powerful. In short, clear chapters he shows how the bank operates, who funds it, and what it sets out to promote.

The Bank's main purpose is to grant loans to all the newly independent states of the developing world, to help them on their journey to recovery after colonial occupation. In reality, the conditions imposed on these states - including enforced privatisation of all public services, and enforced neo-liberal rules on trade - mean that the Bank has become the new colonial authority in everything but name.

By: Éric Toussaint
Imprint: Pluto Press UK
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 412g
ISBN: 9780745327136
ISBN 10: 0745327133
Publication Date: 01 May 2008
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Reviews for The World Bank: A Critical Primer

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