The Birth of Bretton Woods and the Post-War Development Model In July 1944, as World War II neared its end, world leaders gathered in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire to design a new international economic order. The result was the creation of the Bretton Woods Institutions – primarily the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World … Continue reading The IMF, Structural Adjustment, and the Global South: A Look at How Developing Nations Were Reshaped by Neoliberal Prescriptions