Explain the role of Bretton Woods institutions in post-Second World War settlement.
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Points to Remember
- The second World war lasted from 1939 to 1945 .There was large-scale death and social and economic destruction.
- Bretton Wood Conference - 1944
- Primary goal - The maintenance of economic stability and full employment in the industrial world.
- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was founded by the Bretton Woods Conference.
- World Bank was set up to provide funding for post-war reconstruction.
- In the late 1950s , the Bretton Woods Institutions twins —the World Bank and the IMF started to focus more on newly industrializing nations .
Answer to be written in the exam
- The second World war was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945 . As a result, there was large-scale death and social and economic destruction.
- United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, which took place in July 1944 at Bretton Woods in New Hampshire, USA, established its basic principles.
- The maintenance of economic stability and full employment in the industrial world was the primary goal of the post-World War II international economic system.
- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was founded by the Bretton Woods Conference to address the external surpluses and deficits of its member countries.
- To provide funding for post-war reconstruction , the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (Now known as the World Bank ) was established.
- The Bretton Woods institutions achieved their goal as Europe and Japan's economies grew quickly. In the late 1950s Institutions then turned their focus to underdeveloped nations.
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