Inter-governmental Organisations

Cards (4)

  • World Trade Organisation (WTO)

    • 'One country, one vote'
    • Poverty reduction
    • Local farmers stubbed
    • Explosion in trade since 1950s
    • Trade and rules
  • World Economic Forum (WEF)

    • 1971
    • Promote global thinking
    • Elite global operations
  • International Monetary Fund (IMF)

    • 1944
    • Stabilise global currencies after WW2
    • 189 members - not all equal
  • World Bank
    • 1944
    • Helps capitalism function
    • Aims to eliminate poverty
    • Finance development
    • 70s-80s controversy