International Economic Institutions: Sixth Edition

The text has again been brought up to date and extensively revised, especially the EC chapter. The chapter on the OECD has been transferred to Part One. The brought-up-to-date chapter on the CMEA has been maintained, but at the time ofwriting its abolition was still not decided. A new treaty on central andeasternEuropeancooperationwasnotyetapproved. My thanks are due to the persons listed below, who were kind enough to comment on the draft of certain chapters of part of chapters: my former students Mr Marc Quintyn of the International Monetary Fund and Luc Everaert of the World Bank, who - in addition - prepared information needed to bring the chapters concerned up to date, Dr Horst Bockelmann, economic adviser of the Bank for International Settlements. Mr J. Schotte of the Benelux secretariat, Mr Lars Erik P. Nordgaard of the EFTA Brussels Office. Of course, this does not necessarily imply that they share the conclu sions of the chapters involved. Numerous international and national civil servants and libraries kindly answered my questions. I want to thank espe Mr Jozef van den Broeck, head Information Office Belgium of the cially Commission of the European Communities, and Mr A. Carchon, conseiller d'AmbassadeBelgiumand thelibraryoftheBelgiancentralbank. I am very grateful to my wife, who has helped me at every stage of the preparation of this edition. She also undertook the compilation of the list of articles andtheindexes. MA. G. v. M Front Matter....Pages i-xxxi Introduction....Pages 1-20 Front Matter....Pages 21-21 The International Monetary Fund....Pages 23-71 The World Bank Group....Pages 73-109 The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade....Pages 111-145 The Commodity Agreements. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)....Pages 147-165 The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development....Pages 167-204 Front Matter....Pages 205-205 Benelux....Pages 207-228 Central and Eastern European Cooperation....Pages 229-246 The European Communities....Pages 247-341 The European Free Trade Association....Pages 343-370 Conclusion....Pages 371-374 Back Matter....Pages 375-398