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Abbreviations; Terminology; Introduction; 1. The creation of the BrettonWoods institutions; 2. The first years of the World Bank (1946-1962); 3.Difficult beginnings between the UN and the World Bank; 4. The post-World WarII context - the Marshall Plan and US bilateral aid; 5. A Bank under theinfluence; 6. World Bank and IMF support of dictatorships; 7. The World Bankand the Philippines (1946-1990); 8. The World Bank's support of thedictatorship in Turkey; 9. The Bank in Indonesia: a textbook case ofintervention; 10. The World Bank's theories on development; 11. South Korea:the miracle unmasked; 12. The debt trap; 13. The World Bank saw the debtcrisis looming; 14. The Mexican debt crisis and the World Bank; 15. The WorldBank and the IMF: the creditors' bailiffs; 16. Presidents Barber Conable andLewis Preston (1986-1995); 17. James Wolfensohn switches on the charm(1995-2005); 18. Debates in Washington at the start of the twenty-firstcentury; 19. The World Bank's accounts; 20. Paul Wolfowitz, 10th World BankPresident; 21. Structural adjustment and the Washington Consensus: are theythings of the past?; 22. The World Bank and the respect of human rights.