International Organizations and Development, 1945–1990

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction: International Organizations, Global Development, and the Making of the Contemporary World....Pages 1-22
Technical Internationalism and Economic Development at the Founding Moment of the UN System....Pages 23-45
The Human Story of Development: Alva Myrdal at the UN, 1949–1955....Pages 46-74
“To Keep Food Out of Politics”: The UN Food and Agriculture Organization, 1945–1965....Pages 75-100
Between Entanglements and Dependencies: Food, Nutrition, and National Development at the Central American Institute of Nutrition (INCAP)....Pages 101-125
In the Name of World Health and Development: The World Health Organization and Malaria Eradication in India, 1949–1970....Pages 126-149
Free Trade and Freedom to Trade: The Development Challenge to GATT, 1947–1968....Pages 150-170
A Club of the Rich to Help the Poor? The OECD, “Development”, and the Hegemony of Donor Countries....Pages 171-195
A “Global Nervous System”: The Rise and Rise of European Humanitarian NGOs, 1945–1985....Pages 196-219
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....Pages 220-239
Contesting Globalization: The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the Transnationalization of Sovereignty....Pages 240-258
Back Matter....Pages 259-287