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The International Monetary Fund has been, since it was set up in 1944, one of the most important institutions in the world of international finance. This film explores some conflicting perceptions ...of the I.M.F. and its role in development from the original Bretton Woods Conference to the present day. Participants include Michael Manley, ex-Prime Minister of Jamaica who is one of the Fund's strongest critics, Mr. Aziz Ali Mohammed, a spokesman for the Fund in Washington, Robert Slighton of the Chase Manhattan Bank and two observers of the Fund's activities: Ms. Chandra Hardy of the World Bank and Sidney Dell of the U.N. Center on Transnational Corporations.
The International Monetary Fund has been, since it was set up in 1944, one of the most important institutions in the world of international finance. This film explores some conflicting perceptions ...of the I.M.F. and its role in development from the original Bretton Woods Conference to the present day. Participants include Michael Manley, ex-Prime Minister of Jamaica who is one of the Fund's strongest critics, Mr. Aziz Ali Mohammed, a spokesman for the Fund in Washington, Robert Slighton of the Chase Manhattan Bank and two observers of the Fund's activities: Ms. Chandra Hardy of the World Bank and Sidney Dell of the U.N. Center on Transnational Corporations.
| Module code and title: | U204, Third world studies |
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| Item code: | U204; 09 |
| First transmission date: | 10-07-1983 |
| Published: | 1983 |
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| Duration: | 00:21:40 |
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| Producer: | Edward Milner |
| Presenter: | Lawrence Harris |
| Contributors: | Michael Manley; Aziz Ali Mohammed; Chandra Hardy; Sidney Dell; Robert Slighton |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Bretton Woods Conference; International Monetary Fund; Jamaica |
| Production number: | FOUP119B |
| Videofinder number: | 1245 |
| Available to public: | no |
