Course Overview

- Providing a theoretical introduction into the economic issues
related to the tasks of the WTO, the IMF and the World Bank -
Presentation of the historical evolution and the current functioning
of the WTO, the IMF and World Bank  - Encouraging students to
develop a critical appraisal of the role played by the WTO, the IMF
and the World Bank  - Developing students’ capacities in note
taking in a foreign. 

Learning Achievement

Competence

Course prerequisites

English listening, reading and writing skills

Grading Philosophy

Final examination : Written (1h)

Course schedule

1. INTERNATIONAL TRADE ISSUES : FROM GATT TO WTO 

     1.1 Free trade versus protectionism 

     1.2 Historical overview

     1.3 The GATT (1947-1995) 

      1.4 The WTO (1995-today) 

2. CURRENT ACCOUNT AND EXTERNAL ADJUSTMENT ISSUES: THE IMF 

      2.1 Exchange rate regimes and external adjustment theories 

      2.2 The IMF’s role in the Bretton Woods system 

      2.3 The IMF after the collapse of the Bretton Woods system 

      2.4 Current functioning of the IMF 

      2.5 Critical review of IMF policies

3. DEVELOPMENT ISSUES : THE WORLD BANK 

     3.1 Development economics 

     3.2 The Bretton Woods conference and the creation of the World
Bank 

      3.3 Institutional issues and functioning 

      3.4 World Bank policies and practices

Course type

Lecture course

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Other information

REFERENCES BIBLIOGRAPHY: 
- James Boughton (2001), Silent revolution: the International Monetary
Fund 1979-1989.  - Jean-Pierre Cling & François Roubaud (2008), La
Banque mondiale, Repères n° 519, Editions La Découverte.  -
Martin Daunton, Amrita Narlikar & Robert Stern (2012), The Oxford
handbook on the World Trade Organization, Oxford University Press. 
-  Patrick Lenain (2004), Le FMI, Repères n° 133, Editions La
Découverte.  -  Michel Rainelli (2011), L’Organisation mondiale
du commerce, Repères n° 193, Editions La Découverte.  -  Anne
Salda (1995), World Bank, Transaction Publishers. KEY WORDS : General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), World Trade Organization (WTO),
International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, free trade,
protectionism, external adjustment, exchange rates, current accounts,
Bretton Woods, Washington consensus, development

Duration: 17.5 hours

Language of instruction: English

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