International Monetary Cooperation Since Bretton Woods

International Monetary Cooperation Since Bretton Woods

Author: Mr.Harold James

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 1996-06-15

Total Pages: 780

ISBN-13: 1475506961

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This comprehensive history, published jointly by the IMF and Oxford University Press, was written to mark the fiftieth anniversary of international monetary cooperation. From the establishment of the postwar international monetary system in 1944 to how the framework functions in a vastly expanded world economy, historian Harol James describes the tensions, negotiations, challenges, and progress of international monetary cooperation. This narrative offers a global perspective on the events and decisions that have shaped the world economy during the past fifty years.


Closing the Gap in a Generation

Closing the Gap in a Generation

Author: WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 9241563702

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Social justice is a matter of life and death. It affects the way people live, their consequent chance of illness, and their risk of premature death. We watch in wonder as life expectancy and good health continue to increase in parts of the world and in alarm as they fail to improve in others.