International Organizations and Development, 1945-1990

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: International Organizations, Global Development, and the Making of the Contemporary World

   • Marc Frey, Sönke Kunkel, Corinna R. Unger

   Pages 1-22

3. Technical Internationalism and Economic Development at the Founding Moment of the UN System

   • Daniel Speich Chassé

   Pages 23-45

4. The Human Story of Development: Alva Myrdal at the UN, 1949–1955

   • Glenda Sluga

   Pages 46-74

5. “To Keep Food Out of Politics”: The UN Food and Agriculture Organization, 1945–1965

   • Ruth Jachertz

   Pages 75-100

6. Between Entanglements and Dependencies: Food, Nutrition, and National Development at the Central American Institute of Nutrition (INCAP)

   • Corinne A. Pernet

   Pages 101-125

7. In the Name of World Health and Development: The World Health Organization and Malaria Eradication in India, 1949–1970

   • Thomas Zimmer

   Pages 126-149

8. Free Trade and Freedom to Trade: The Development Challenge to GATT, 1947–1968

   • Francine McKenzie

   Pages 150-170

9. A Club of the Rich to Help the Poor? The OECD, “Development”, and the Hegemony of Donor Countries

   • Matthias Schmelzer

   Pages 171-195

10. A “Global Nervous System”: The Rise and Rise of European Humanitarian NGOs, 1945–1985

    • Kevin O’Sullivan

    Pages 196-219

11. Of Heartfelt Charity and Billion Dollar Enterprise: From Postwar Relief to Europe to Humanitarian Relief to “Everywhere” — CARE, Inc., in Search of a New Mission

    • Heike Wieters

    Pages 220-239

12. Contesting Globalization: The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the Transnationalization of Sovereignty

    • Sönke Kunkel

    Pages 240-258

13. Back Matter

    Pages 259-287

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This volume explores how international organizations became involved in the making of global development policy, and looks at the driving forces and dynamics behind that process, critically assessing the consequences their policies have had around the world.

• History of International Organizations
• History of Development
• Global History since 1945
• development
• Economic Development
• globalization
• international organizations
• OECD
• United Nations
• World War I
• World War II
• development theory

• Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany

  Marc Frey

• German Science Foundation (DFG), Germany

  Sönke Kunkel

• Jacobs University Bremen, Germany

  Corinna R. Unger

Ruth Jachertz, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany Francine McKenzie, University of Western Ontario, Canada Corinne A. Pernet, University of Basel, Switzerland Kevin O'Sullivan, University of Ireland Galway Matthias Schmelzer, University of Geneva, Switzerland Glenda Sluga, University of Sydney, Australia Daniel Speich Chassé, University of Lucerne, Switzerland Heike Wieters, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany Thomas Zimmer, Freiburg University, Germany

Policies and ethics