Contents

Preface

List of Abbreviations

International Development and the North-South Dialogue of Bretton Woods

1.   Good Neighbors Prepare the Ground

2.   The First Draft: The Inter-American Bank

3.   A New Approach to Money Doctoring: Cuba

4.   Building Foundations: US Postwar Planning

5.   Strengthening the Foundations: Paraguay

6.   Latin American Backing for Bretton Woods

7.   Development Aspirations in East Asia

8.   Lukewarm and Inconsistent Britain

9.   Enthusiasm from Eastern Europe and India

The Aftermath and the Forgetting

References