BRETTON WOODS INSTITUTIONS, NEW YORK CONSENSUS AND POVERTY REDUCTION POLICIES

Year 2016, Volume: 34 Issue: 1, 93 - 114, 31.03.2016

Hatice Karaçay

https://doi.org/10.17065/huniibf.309285

Abstract

According to many social
scientists and academicians, after the emerging of Post-Washington Consensus,
the Bretton Woods institutions have dominantly repositioned their policy on
social issues such as gender equality, human rights and poverty. These
institutions have always been useful tools in advocating economic liberalism
across all countries after Second World War period. On the other hand, while
dealing with the main aims of economic liberalism -growth, efficiency, minimum
market intervention-, they have mostly disregarded the social problems of the
world communities. Especially, during 1970’s and 1980’s, stricktly adhering to
neoliberal policies of Washington consensus, IMF and World Bank have forced
developing countries to obey their stability and structural adjustment
policies. But after the collapse of neoliberal policies in the late of 1990’s,
the liberal world order and its main advocators need to search a new path to
sustain existing hegemonic power. The objective of this article is to analyze
the poverty alleviation strategies of Bretton Woods institutions under
historical perspective, especially in the frame of Comprehensive Development
Approach and to question whether these policies is the fresh instrument of new
liberal order. We also aim to assess whether we can talk about the convergence
between ‘United Nations Paradigm’ and ‘Bretton Woods Paradigm’ in the name of
New York Consensus under this development approach.

Keywords

Bretton Woods Institutions, New York consensus, poverty reduction policies

BRETTON-WOODS KURULUŞLARI, NEW YORK UZLAŞISI VE YOKSULLUKLA MÜCADELE POLİTİKALARI

Abstract

Pekçok sosyal bilimci ve
akademisyene göre Post-Washington Uzlaşısı ile birlikte Bretton Woods kuruluşlarının
cinsiyet eşitliği, insan hakları ve yoksulluk gibi toplumsal sorunlara yönelik
politikalarında önemli bir değişim gözlenmiştir. Bu kuruluşlar savaş sonrası
dönemde ekonomik liberalizmin en önemli savunucuları olmuştur. Bu uğurda, dünya
halklarının temel sorunlarını göz ardı ederek, ekonomik büyüme, etkinlik,
minimum piyasa müdahalesi konularında mücadele vermişlerdir. Özellikle 1970’li
ve 1980’li yıllarda, Washington Uzlaşısı çerçevesinde neoliberal politikalara
tam bir sadakatla bağlanan IMF ve Dünya Bankası, gelişmekte olan ülkelere
“istikrar ve yapısal uyum politikaları”nı dikte etmiştir. Ancak 1990’lı
yıllarda neoliberal politikaların tıkanmasıyla birlikte, liberal düzen ve onun
sözcüleri, kendilerini, yeni bir patika bulma ihtiyacında hissetmişlerdir. Bu
çalışmanın amacı tarihsel bir perspektif altında, ancak özellikle Kapsayıcı
Kalkınma Yaklaşımı altında, Bretton Woods kuruluşlarının yoksullukla mücadele
politikalarını incelemek ve bu politikaların yeni liberal düzenin yeni bir
soluğu olup olmadığını araştırmaktır. Çalışmada, ayrıca Kapsayıcı Kalkınma
Yaklaşımı altında, Bretton Woods kuruluşları ile Birleşmiş Milletler
kuruluşlarının yakınsamasını yaratan New York Uzlaşısından söz edilmesinin
gerçekliği de tartışılacaktır.

Keywords

Bretton Woods kuruluşları, New York Uzlaşısı, yoksullukla mücadele politikaları

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