Abstract
This paper takes a look at the history of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, and examines the results of their structural adjustment policies on the borrowing country through the ages. This paper also reviews the influence of the modern day G7 nations on the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

From the Paper
"The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund was founded after World War II to help avoid great depression, the Bank and the Fund supplying member governments with money to avoid short-term crisises. In New Hampshire financial representatives from the 44 allied nations devised methods to reduce the impediments to international financial growth that had arisen as a result of the war. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was created to refresh theinternational trade volume that had decreased due to instability while war, when countries had abandoned the gold standard. The US dollar become the universal standard of currency, specialists found it the best substitution for gold."

Tags:bank, fund, international, monetary, world

Abstract
This paper explains that, after the world wars, the beginning of internationalism saw the formation of the World Bank, which became the United Nations' special agency. The author points out that, over the years, the World Bank has evolved from its initial role of an investment agency to a developmental assistance agency. The paper relates that the World Bank has been the target of environmentalists in many nations because of its approval and financial assistance involving projects that carried serious environmental risk factors, such as the construction of dams and mining operations, ignoring the dangers to the ecosystem, and the effects it has on the lives of the people in the region.

Table of Contents
Thesis
Introduction
History of World Bank and IMF
World Bank's Important Achievements
Problems
Misfired Policies
Conclusion

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"The World Bank is at the forefront of fighting against the AIDS epidemic that is ravaging the African continent. The bank has already approved $1 billion in 2003 and through the multi-country AIDS program it has already allotted $600 million for 15 projects in Africa. Bulgaria was another economically ailing nation, which has benefited immensely from World Bank loans. The country, which was struggling in the early 1990's, has managed to achieve economic stability with a 4% GDP growth in 2002. From 1990 till 2002, the nation has received more than $1,167 million in loans from the World Bank."

Tags:internationalism, loans, environmentalists, aids, neoliberal

Abstract
This paper discusses the shift in purpose of both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Providing more of an analysis then a history, the paper examines their relationship, the changes that have occurred in recent years and their roles in the global economic system. It concludes with a proposed diagnosis of the future of the IMF.

Outline:
Background
Present Situation
The Future
Conclusion

From the Paper
"As the World Bank has moved towards development issues in search of greater relevance, its relationship with the IMF, and the roles that the two play in international policy, have shifted. The IMF has always stuck to its original mandate. It is an institution focused on hard numbers, economics and trade. The World Bank, by contrast, has moved further into areas of social development, equality, environmental considerations and other soft areas. On the surface, these two objectives are complementary. The IMF appears to operate on the principal the social justice flows from economic development; the World Bank appears to operate on the belief that economic development flows from social justice. Yet, there is significant overlap between the two institutions. The Bank is forced to contribute to the IMF's financial rescue missions; the IMF wants to involve itself in monetary issues that the World Bank is better equipped to deal with."

Tags:IMF, economics, global politics, world bank, bretton woods conference

Abstract
This paper provides a brief description of the history of statistics and business and a description of the problems in USA World Bank's statistical data. The paper then determines solutions that will allow USA World Bank to use statistics in order to launch the product that will most effectively bring the company new customers and satisfy its current customers without alienating current customers in a different demographic, either small business owners or consumers.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
A Brief History of Statistics and Business
A Description of the Problem at USA World Bank
Solution
Conclusion

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"After giving these new, more accurate survey questions to the truly random sample population, USA World Bank will have more representative data regarding the implementation of the two programs. Data should be studied carefully by more than one expert and analyzed for error. Before the implementation of either program, researchers and executives at USA World Bank must determine whether or not the probability of errors is great enough to result in the retraction of one or both of the programs. Furthermore, this new data may suggest that both Mary and Jim were right: there is a demand for both products in two very different business sectors."

Tags:prediction, errors, product, probability

Abstract
This paper explains that the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have been responsible for lending billions of dollars to Asian countries over the past thirty years; but, in the past, some countries were unable to repay their loans and the loans had to be refinanced in order to support the country's economy. The author points out that, to protect their investments, the IMF and the World Bank conduct a series of negotiations with the government that wishes to borrow money; these negotiations establish a series of policies and changes that the government promises to establish in order to enhance and strengthen its economy. The paper relates the economy and relationship to the IMF of several Asian countries including Indonesia, one of the leading recipients of foreign bank lending, whose history of borrowing has been troubled by political corruption and an unstable financial sector.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Indonesia
China
Thailand
The Philippines
Korea
Vietnam
Cambodia

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"China used to be one of the world's poorest countries. Twenty years ago, 80 percent of the population was living on less than US$1 a day and there was an illiteracy rate of 60 percent. However, over the past two decades China has made enormous progress in reducing poverty. In 1978 and again in 1995, China launched an economic reform program which took it from being a communist economy to a market-based one. The economic reform package brought the country up to average growth rate in gross domestic product of 8 percent a year. Growth has continued in China and the poverty rate has declined, bringing more than 200 million Chinese above the poverty level."

Tags:repay, investments, negotiations, relationship, corruption

Abstract
This paper is an analytical history of the establishment of the Bank of Canada in 1935. The Bank of Canada is the central bank of the Canadian financial system, a government owned corporation, similar in function to the American Federal Reserve System. The paper analyzes conditions in Canadian finance in 1935, during the height of the world wide Great Depression.

From the Paper
C20863 The Establishment of the Bank of Canada The Bank of Canada, Canada's central bank, began operations in 1935, later than most central banks in major industrial countries. The Bank of Canada's counterpart in the United States, the Federal Reserve System, was established in 1913, for example, beginning operations the next year. The Bank of Canada is best described as a government corporation, structured like a private sector organization but with all the shares owned by the Canadian government. The Bank of Canada's role in regulating monetary policy is carried out primarily by directly adjusting the money

Tags:canada, finance, monetary

Abstract
This paper argues that politics and economics at the turn of the century are functions of the New World Order and globalization. It describes how world politics are being shaped by increased intervention in the affairs of one country by another, made complicated by the assumptions and fear regarding possible possession of weapons of mass destruction. The paper demonstrates that the massive globalization that has taken place primarily because of the Internet Revolution.

From the Paper
"The turn of the century has heralded the New World Order that has changed the face of world politics while globalization continues to shape world economics. The so-called New World Order constitutes collapse of sovereignty, increased intervention by one state in another state's domestic policy and possession of weapons of mass destruction. Any of these constituents were potentially upsetting to the previous state of world politics. This is the reason they mark the beginning of a New World Order. World economies continue to be shaped by the onslaught of globalization, approaching recession, the role played by the World Bank and the geographical limitations of underdeveloped nations. This paper discusses the changes brought about to the world politics and economics in the contexts stated above and supports it with adequate explanations."

Tags:globalization, New, World, Order, World, Bank

Abstract
This paper recounts Hong Kong's economic history from the time it became a British colony in the mid-19th century until the present. Hong Kong has prevailed as a remarkably prosperous territory since then, surviving various calamities, and has maintained its success even under the rule of the People's Republic of China. The paper concludes that Hong Kong's economic history has produced a distinctive culture that seems permanent, different from what is found in newly industrialized and advancing areas of Mainland China.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
The 19th Century
World War II and Beyond
The 1960s and 1970s
The End of British Hong Kong
Conclusion

From the Paper
"In the 1930s, the Global Depression affected all Chinese ports including Hong Kong. Small scale manufacturing engaged many Chinese by this time whereas outsiders tend to think that most people were employed in the port of Hong Kong or its support trades and industries. The completion of the Canton-Kowloon railway was a boon because goods could be moved quickly from the Mainland, undercutting steamers and junks that once took goods to Hong Kong for onward shipping. (Chui, 1973, 55) Also, Chinese business experience allowed many to tough out years of lower demand finding new niche markets in simple goods required elsewhere in East and Southeast Asia. Clan and family networks allowed small profits from goods said to be needed in the Netherlands East Indies or Rangoon or Malaya, the general 'survivability' of the business community seen. In December of 1941, the invasion of the Imperial Japanese Army destroyed nearly built up in a hundred years of activity. No one knows how many local Chinese were murdered, foreigners interned, as Allied soldiers and local reservists tried to defend the colony, many of whom were killed or taken as prisoners of the Japanese. This time is remembered by Hong Kong people as an era of suffering and destruction. (See Banham, 2003)"

Tags:British colony, Britain, United Kingdom, industry trade bank commerce

Abstract
This paper describes the Reconstruction era with its racial propositions, the New Deal with its economic repercussions and the War on Terror with its military implications. The author points out that these important historical aspects of racial, economic, and military developments helped to preserve the stability and homogeneity of the American ideology of prosperity and racial integrity after the Civil War. The paper concludes that the events play three distinct roles in why America became a more powerful country in relation to its supremacy in the world.

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"The Emergency Banking Act helped to create a stable banking system that would retrieve (through federal loans and insurance regulations) much of the "hoarded" monies that were taken out of banks after the crash of 1929. The act forced banks to be supervised by the United States Treasury, which had immediately allowed them to reopen under the Federal Reserve System. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) helped to ensure banking depositors that monies would be insured in the case of the banking institutions demise."

Tags:banking emancipation terrorism iraq, bin laden

From the Paper
"Banks put a community's surplus funds (deposits and investments) to work by lending to people to buy homes and cars, to start and expand businesses, to put their children through college, and for countless other purposes. Banks are vital to the health of our nation's economy. For people, banks are the first choice for saving, borrowing, and investing."

Tags:banking, history, money