Learning Results
To know what are the main international economic organizations and what their importance.
Knowing the fundamental theories that underlie and explain the existence of these
organizations.
Knowing the most important international economic organizations in terms of
History, principles and actions.
To know alternative explanations about the actions of major international economic organizations.
Program
1 – Basic concepts
– What are international economic organizations?
– What types of organizations exist?
– What is their importance?
2. The International Economic Order
– The international economic relations before 1945
– The Bretton Woods conference and the creation of an integrated system of international economic relations
– The international financial system: the specialized agencies of the United Nations
– The International Monetary Fund
– The World Bank
– The international trading system: the GATT agreement
– The multilateral trade rounds
– The World Trade Organization
– The phenomenon of globalization
3. International Organizations with Regional Character
– The European Union
– Other experiences of integration: Mercosul, NAFTA, the African Union
– The G8 and G20.
4. International Organizations with Sectoral Character
– OPEC
– Portalegre and Davos.
– OIT
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
Krugman, Paul R. e OBSTEFELD, Maurice (2010), Economia Internacional, oitava edição, New York, Pearson
Addison-Wesley.
Hurd, Ian (2013), International Organizations: Politics, Law, Practice, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
2nd Ed.
Herz, Monica and Ribeiro-Hoffmann, Andrea (2004) Organizações internacionais: história e práticas. Campus/
Elsevier, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
Clive Archer (2001), International Organizations, Routledge, 3rd ed., London.