TCW MIDTERMS
Cards (36)
- made up of 189 member countries
- WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO)
- INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR SETTLEMENT AND INVESTMENT DISPUTES
- promotes long-term economic development and poverty reduction by providing technical and financial support (ex: projects, building schools, water, electricity, fighting disease, and protecting the environment.)
- to reduce poverty by lending money to the governments of its poorer members to improve their economies and standard of living
- provides loans to lower income countries (construction of roads, bridges, etc)
- provides loans for low-income countries (education, healthcare, etc)
- provides investment and projects to promote economic growth
- provide risk insurance to encourage foreign investment
- provide facilities for the conciliation of investment disputes between countries and foreign investors
- is an international organization formed to assist developing low-income countries
- 5 related institutions that cooperate together and assist 189 registered countries
- provides policy recommendations and economic surveillance
- they provide short-term loans to prevent devaluation and retain the state fixed exchange rate
- Executive Board consists of 24 Executive Directors
- to increase trade between nations by eliminating trade restrictions including tariffs, quotas, and subsidies
- MFN
- to minimize trade restrictions and tariffs, to reduce protectionism and promote free trade amongst countries
- 128 member nations
- Sets the overall direction and priorities for the UN.
- Maintains international peace and security.
- Promotes international economic and social cooperation and development.
- Currently inactive, it was established to oversee the administration of Trust Territories
- Settles legal disputes between states.
- Codifies international law
- focuses on the immediate stability of the financial system
- takes a longer-term view on fostering economic growth and reducing poverty
- collaborate on issues that affect both their mandates, like the impact of global economic slowdowns on development efforts
- cornerstone of global governance, a system of international cooperation to address global challenges
- plays a crucial role in establishing international norms and principles on various issues
- complex network of organizations and specialized agencies, each with a specific focus area
- plays a central role in maintaining international peace and security by authorizing peacekeeping missions and mediating conflicts
- "interstate system" refers to the network of relationships between sovereign states within the global capitalist system
- WORLD-SYSTEMS THEORY IS CHARACTERIZED BY?
- might refer to the entire network of international institutions that govern global issues
- near-universal organization with 193 member states