The Birth of Development: How the World Bank, Food And Agriculture Organization, And World Health Organization Have Changed the World, 1945-1965

A comprehensive examination of economic globalization

Focused on the creation and evolution of post-1945 internationalist ideology, The Birth of Development highlights efforts to diffuse the destructive role of the nation-state in world affairs by constructing truly international organizations with global agendas—the World Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and the World Health Organization. These organizations, and the men and women who worked for them, pioneered the advancement o...