The World Bank: A Critical Primer

by Eric Toussaint

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745327133
• ISBN13: 9780745327136
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 8.5"