http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/world-bank Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:45:03 -0400 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:45:03 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1371/book-review-planet-of-slums-by-mike-davis-2006 By Florence Lee - In essence, Davis blames neoliberalism for these problems. The ‘villains’, or driving forces behind modern slum creation, are the World Bank and the IMF. And Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) – conditions attached to provisional loans that poor countries are subjected to whereby neoliberal market policies (opening up of the market, removing trade barriers and excess state control) are promoted – have been the reason. By encouraging less trade subsidies and privatization, SAPs lead to borrowers having to cut back on public taxation and spending. Davis states that millions... Sat, 27 Feb 2016 02:29 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1371/book-review-planet-of-slums-by-mike-davis-2006 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1185/diplomacy-and-debt-us-attribution-of-status-resulting-from-ida-graduation By Karinne Smolenyak - With one fifth of the world’s economy and the world’s only global military force, American diplomacy is critical to the future despite the lack of a ‘grand strategy.’ For example, Henrikson proposes ‘Americanism’ (2006) as one potential future. He does not mean America exerts hegemonic control over the world, but future world diplomacy may become a response to American action and American domestic politics (2006). If the United States’ diplomatic strategy (i.e. attribution of status to states) plays a critical in the world’s future, is it possible... Tue, 15 Apr 2014 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1185/diplomacy-and-debt-us-attribution-of-status-resulting-from-ida-graduation http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/269/book-review-the-shock-doctrine-by-naomi-klein-2007 By Delia M. Harrington - Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine ties together history, economics, globalization, natural disasters and geopolitics into one bleak picture. Klein’s thesis is that the Shock Doctrine, also called Disaster Capitalism, has been put into practice all over the world, supported by Milton Freidman and his Chicago Boys. The shock doctrine is a theory that in order to put into practice the highly unpopular tenets of a free market economy, the implementation of such policies must happen directly after a shock to the national conscious. Such shock can take the form of a terrorist attack, national... Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/269/book-review-the-shock-doctrine-by-naomi-klein-2007 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1271/the-g-20-preempts-the-g-8-what-kind-of-world-economic-order By Shalendra D. Sharma - Few would disagree that the most significant development at the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh during September 24-25, 2009 was the formal acknowledgement of the changing of the guards. In the draft communiqué, President Barack Obama declared that from now on, the Group of 20 (G-20) will be the primary organization responsible for coordinating global economic policy. The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was more explicit, noting that “the old system of international economic cooperation is over. The new system, as of today, has begun... The G-20 is now the premier economic organization... Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1271/the-g-20-preempts-the-g-8-what-kind-of-world-economic-order http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1144/breaking-third-world-debt By Robyn Munn - Jubilee 2000 is an international campaign involving over 40 countries advocating a debt-free start to the Millennium for a billion people. They are calling for a one-off cancellation of the unpayable debts of the world’s poorest countries by the year 2000, under a fair and transparent process. It is vital that this campaign is successful. At present over 50 countries in the world have debts that can never be paid back but continue to be paid daily with peoples lives. How can countries such as the UK continue to demand money from countries such as Uganda where more than &pound... Fri, 01 Jan 1999 12:00 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1144/breaking-third-world-debt