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- catalog abstract ""Since World War II, it has been widely believed that underdeveloped countries cannot become prosperous without billions of dollars in aid from wealthy countries. Yet after 40 years, there is little to show for it." "Perpetuating Poverty is an eye-opening review of the scandalous record of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The startling findings include: India has received the most foreign aid of any country since 1951 - about $55 billion - but today 40 percent of its population lives in poverty; after two decades of development planning financed largely by the IMF and the World Bank, sub-Saharan Africa today has a lower per capita income than it did when the aid started; and while the industrial nations support foreign aid, they also maintain trade restrictions against poor countries that reduce those nations' incomes." "As their failures have become undeniable, however, international aid agencies have only escalated their lending to historic levels. The International Monetary Fund plays a leading role in distributing Western aid to Russia, and membership in the IMF and World Bank is expanding. A new bank has been established for Eastern Europe; another is planned for North America. The record of the last four decades is ignored." "Ultimately, the Third World nations can emerge from underdevelopment only through their own efforts and by liberalizing their economies. The West can help by opening its borders to trade and by dismantling the multilateral aid agencies that have done so much to perpetuate Third World poverty. With so many developing countries moving toward free markets and political pluralism, the most important thing the West can do is get out of the way."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b5701939.
- catalog contributor b5701940.
- catalog coverage "Developing countries Economic conditions.".
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description ""Since World War II, it has been widely believed that underdeveloped countries cannot become prosperous without billions of dollars in aid from wealthy countries. Yet after 40 years, there is little to show for it." "Perpetuating Poverty is an eye-opening review of the scandalous record of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The startling findings include: India has received the most foreign aid of any country since 1951 - about $55 billion - but today 40 percent of its population lives in poverty; after two decades of development planning financed largely by the IMF and the World Bank, sub-Saharan Africa today has a lower per capita income than it did when the aid started; and while the industrial nations support foreign aid, they also maintain trade restrictions against poor countries that reduce those nations' incomes." "As their failures have become undeniable, however, international aid agencies have only escalated their lending to historic levels. The International Monetary Fund plays a leading role in distributing Western aid to Russia, and membership in the IMF and World Bank is expanding. A new bank has been established for Eastern Europe; another is planned for North America. The record of the last four decades is ignored." "Ultimately, the Third World nations can emerge from underdevelopment only through their own efforts and by liberalizing their economies. The West can help by opening its borders to trade and by dismantling the multilateral aid agencies that have done so much to perpetuate Third World poverty. With so many developing countries moving toward free markets and political pluralism, the most important thing the West can do is get out of the way."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction : the dismal legacy and false promise of multilateral aid / Doug Bandow and Ian Vásquez -- 1. The IMF : a record of addiction and failure / Doug Bandow -- 2. The political economy of the IMF : a public choice / Roland Vaubel -- 3. The World Bank and the impoverishment of nations / James Bovard -- 4. Understanding the World Bank : a dispassionate analysis / James B. Burnham -- 5. Western aid and Russian transition / Nicholas Eberstadt -- 6. Fostering aid addiction in Eastern Europe / Melanie S. Tammen -- 7. Aid for black elephants : how foreign assistance has failed Africa / George B.N. Ayittey -- 8. Development planning in Latin America : the lifeblood of the mercantilist state / Paul Craig Roberts --9. Mexico, markets, and multilateral aid / Roberto Salinas León -- 10. Brazilian hyperstagflation : the case against intervention / Paulo Rabello de Castro -- 11. Foreign aid and India's leviathan state / Shyam J. Kamath -- 12. Philippine development and the foreign assistance trap / William McGurn -- 13. America's iron trade curtain against Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union / James Bovard -- 14. The liberating potential of multinational corporations / David Osterfeld -- 15. The high cost of trade protectionism to the Third world / J. Michael Finger -- 16. Self-determination through unilateral free trade / Jim Powell.".
- catalog extent "ix, 362 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Perpetuating poverty.".
- catalog identifier "188257706X (cloth) :".
- catalog identifier "1882577078 (pbk.) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Perpetuating poverty.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute,".
- catalog relation "Perpetuating poverty.".
- catalog spatial "Developing countries Economic conditions.".
- catalog subject "332.1/532 20".
- catalog subject "Commercial policy.".
- catalog subject "Economic assistance.".
- catalog subject "HG3881.5.I58 P48 1993".
- catalog subject "International Monetary Fund.".
- catalog subject "International business enterprises.".
- catalog subject "International finance.".
- catalog subject "World Bank.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction : the dismal legacy and false promise of multilateral aid / Doug Bandow and Ian Vásquez -- 1. The IMF : a record of addiction and failure / Doug Bandow -- 2. The political economy of the IMF : a public choice / Roland Vaubel -- 3. The World Bank and the impoverishment of nations / James Bovard -- 4. Understanding the World Bank : a dispassionate analysis / James B. Burnham -- 5. Western aid and Russian transition / Nicholas Eberstadt -- 6. Fostering aid addiction in Eastern Europe / Melanie S. Tammen -- 7. Aid for black elephants : how foreign assistance has failed Africa / George B.N. Ayittey -- 8. Development planning in Latin America : the lifeblood of the mercantilist state / Paul Craig Roberts --9. Mexico, markets, and multilateral aid / Roberto Salinas León -- 10. Brazilian hyperstagflation : the case against intervention / Paulo Rabello de Castro -- 11. Foreign aid and India's leviathan state / Shyam J. Kamath -- 12. Philippine development and the foreign assistance trap / William McGurn -- 13. America's iron trade curtain against Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union / James Bovard -- 14. The liberating potential of multinational corporations / David Osterfeld -- 15. The high cost of trade protectionism to the Third world / J. Michael Finger -- 16. Self-determination through unilateral free trade / Jim Powell.".
- catalog title "Perpetuating poverty : the World Bank, the IMF, and the developing world / edited by Doug Bandow and Ian Vásquez.".
- catalog type "text".