SOSC 1430 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: International Monetary Fund, General Agreement On Tariffs And Trade, Neoliberalism

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1430
• Professor: Miguel Gonzalez

Document Summary

Introduction, at the end of world war two. We must embark on a bold new program for making the bene ts of our scienti c advances and industrial progress available for the improvement and growth of underdeveloped areas . The old imperialism-exploitation for foreign pro t has no place in our plans. What we envisage is a program of development based on the concepts of democratic fair dealing . New forms of collaboration, mostly in political and economic contexts. International bank for reconstruction and development - world bank (wb) General agreement on tariffs and trade (gatt) Emergence of new discourse, and institutions to support it. International bank or reconstruction and development - world bank (wb) Goal: to support countries in long term development plans. Dependency theorists argue the world is hierarchal in terms of economies with capital investments - advanced economies to promote economic growth. Primary target was europe at that time; help europe recover post ww2 - marshall plan.