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Since the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), which are analysed in Part 1, are specialized agencies linked by special agreements with the United Nations, a few words about the UN and two of the other specialized agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the International Labour Organization, are called for. This is followed by a short account of the Bank for International Settlements, which is also referred to in connection with the IMF and the IBRD. The rest of this introduction is devoted to some non-European attempts at economic integration (which have not yet been very successful) and to the regional development banks.
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J. W. Goethe
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van Meerhaeghe, M.A.G. (1992). Introduction. In: International Economic Institutions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3576-4_1
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