International Economic Institutions / Edition 7

by M.A. van Meerhaeghe

Overview

What made me write this book was a feeling that students of international economics needed to fill out their knowledge of the theory with work on the practice of the major international economic organizations, many of which are having a growing influence on the national economies of their members. There was no single volume given over to a concise treatment of these organizations. The annual reports of the international organizations themselves can be consulted, of course, but as a rule these are not noted for being brief and to the point (the items of importance have to be fished out of a sea of useless detail), nor do they go in for criticism of their own activities. In selecting the organizations to be dealt with in the book I was guided by the influence they exert. I have left out those whose activities consist mainly in the drafting of recommendations to which, however meritorious they may be, little or no attention is paid. Some of them are included in the Introduction, which provides a summary of a number of institutions not discussed separately in the body of the work. There are, however, two exceptions: the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as the organization replac­ ing the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC), and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) whose meet­ ings have succeeded in drawing much attention of the press.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792380726
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	01/31/1998
Edition description:	7th ed. 1998
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

List of Figures. List of Tables. From the Preface to the Third Edition. Preface. Abbreviations. 1. Introduction; (Brought up to date by G. Schiavone.) Part 1: World Organizations. 2. The International Monetary Fund. 3. The World Bank Group. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The International Development Association. The International Finance Corporation. Appraisal. 4. World Trade Organization. 5. OECD and UNCTAD. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The UNCTAD. Part 2: Regional Integration. 6. European Integration. First Experiments. Benelux. The Organization for European Economic Cooperation. The Council of Mutual Economic Assistance. The European Free Trade Association. 7. The EC. Introduction. Customs Union. 8. The EC. Economic Union. 9. The EC. Monetary Union. Appraisal. 10. The North American Free-Trade Association. Conclusion. List of Articles. Index.

Editorial Reviews

‘...those readers who are looking for factual information in the field of international European and other regional organizations now have at their disposal a new and very useful survey of this world of abbreviations and what is behind it.'
De Economist, 133:4 (1985)

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