The UN and the Bretton Woods Institutions

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Overview

   1. Overview

      • Mahbub ul Haq, Richard Jolly, Paul Streeten, Khadija Haq

      Pages 1-14

3. The Bretton Woods System

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. An Historical Perspective

      • H. W. Singer

      Pages 17-25

   3. The Vision and the Reality

      • Mahbub ul Haq

      Pages 26-33

   4. A Changing Institution in a Changing World

      • Alexander Shakow

      Pages 34-48

   5. The Keynesian Vision and the Developing Countries

      • Lal Jayawardena

      Pages 49-59

   6. An African Perspective on Bretton Woods

      • Adebayo Adedeji

      Pages 60-82

   7. A West European Perspective On Bretton Woods

      • Andrea Boltho

      Pages 83-92

4. Reforms in the UN and the Bretton Woods Institutions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93

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   2. A Comparative Assessment

      • Catherine Gwin

      Pages 95-116

   3. A Blueprint for Reform

      • Paul Streeten

      Pages 117-126

   4. A New International Monetary System for the Future

      • Carlos Massad

      Pages 127-139

   5. On the Modalities of Macroeconomic Policy Coordination

      • John Williamson

      Pages 140-153

5. Priorities for the Twenty-First Century

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155

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   2. Gender Priorities for the Twenty-First Century

      • Khadija Haq

      Pages 157-163

   3. Biases in Global Markets: Can the Forces of Inequity and Marginalisation be Modified?

      • Frances Stewart

      Pages 164-184

   4. Poverty Eradication and Human Development: Issues for the Twenty-First Century

      • Richard Jolly

      Pages 185-195

   5. Role of the Multilateral Agencies after the Earth Summit

      • Maurice Williams

      Pages 196-209

   6. New Challenges for Regulation of Global Financial Markets

      • Stephany Griffith-Jones

      Pages 210-238

The vision of the founders of the United Nations, the World Bank and the IMF some fifty years ago contrasts sharply with the often weak and limited performance of the institutions they created. The 15 papers in this volume critically assess this record in order to set out proposals for strengthening and restructuring the institutions to meet the new challenges of the 21st century. The changes proposed emphasize human security rather than military security, poverty eradication, gender equity and new international mechanisms to offset growing global inequality.

• economic policy
• gender
• Institution
• IWF
• Policy
• reforms
• United Nations
• World Bank

• UNDP Administrator, New York, USA

  Mahbub ul Haq

• UNICEF, USA

  Richard Jolly

• Boston University, USA

  Paul Streeten

• North South Roundtable, New York, USA

  Khadija Haq

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