( P45 ) Contemporary Themes

CONTEMPORARY THEMES

Financial Institutions (IMF and World
Bank)
IMF and World Bank are beneficial
• Reduce debt burdens -
The IMF and the World Bank work together to
reduce the debt burdens of the poor and
underdeveloped countries. They aid the poor
countries to achieve their aim of
development by reducing the circumstances
of future debt issues (Wolff, 2013).
IMF and World Bank are detrimental and
needs reformation
• Enforcement of fundamentally flawed
development model-
They are imposing the flawed
development model and forces Global
South countries to plan export
production.

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• Management and consultation
-
Discussion on the major intentional
issues takes place by the directors
by regular meetings.They visit few
countries to take a view of the
scenario and find ways to help them
(Bas and Stone, 2014).
• Workers are hurt-
Labour laws are weakened and
hurted as they force countries to
attract foreign investments (Sassen,
2015).
• Women are most hurted by the
policies -
The women are finding it very
difficult to meet the basic needs of
their family due to the policies the
IMF. Shift to exportation of
agriculture has complicated the
scene more.