Author	Meerhaeghe, M. A. G. van. author
Title	International Economic Institutions [electronic resource] / by M. A. G. van Meerhaeghe
Imprint	Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1998
Edition	Seventh Edition
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5565-7
Descript	XXXII, 368 p. online resource

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 replacยญ ing the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC), and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) whose meetยญ ings have succeeded in drawing much attention of the press

1. Introduction -- 2. The International Monetary Fund -- 3. The World Bank Group -- 4. World Trade Organization -- 5. Oecd and Unctad -- 6. European integration. First experiments -- 7. The european Community Introduction. Customs Union -- 8. The European Community Economic Union -- 9. The European Community Monetary Union. Appraisal -- 10. The North American Free-Trade Association -- Conclusion -- List of Articles -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects

1. Political science
2. International economics
3. Public finance
4. Economics
5. International Economics
6. Political Science
7. Public Economics