Inter-governmental Organisations

• 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