The birth of development
Subtitle: how the World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization, and World Health Organization have changed the world, 1945-1965
By: Amy L.S. Staples.
Series: New studies in U.S. foreign relations
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Kent, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9780873388498
Subjects: World Bank -- History -- 20th century.; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations -- History -- 20th century.; World Health Organization -- History -- 20th century.; Economic assistance -- History -- 20th century.; Food supply -- International cooperation -- History -- 20th century.; Agricultural assistance -- History -- 20th century.; Medical assistance -- History -- 20th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The birth of development; title: Constructing an international economic worldview; title: The World Bank and development, 1945-1963; title: The international economic diplomacy of the World Bank; title: Food and agriculture in the international realm; title: The limits of internationalism : the Food and Agriculture Organization, 1946-1957; title: Redefining an international role for the Food and Agriculture Organization; title: The growth of international cooperation in medicine; title: Constructing international authority in the World Health Organization; title: Exercising international authority : the malaria eradication program; title: Conclusion.