International economic organizations - a positive or negative phenomenon of the modern world?

The twentieth century was marked not only by active scientific and technological progress. World interaction and total redistribution of the world have caused the emergence and development of such a phenomenon as international economic organizations, the significance of which is ambiguously perceived by both philistines and experts.

The essence of the phenomenon

International economic organizations are inherently the most powerful way to influence countries. And it is not so much and not only about the so-called "developing", but also about the developed ones. To understand how such an effect is carried out, one must grasp their essence.

So, the first thing to be said about these organizations is that they are full participants in international relations. This situation is ensured by the fact that in their formation, the states that have agreed to participate transfer part of the immunity of the newly created organization to the economic sphere. And, consequently, the international financial and economic organizations have the right to exist as independent subjects of promotion of their interests within the framework of the goals set by the constituent document (convention, declaration or charter).

However, on the other hand, a certain delinquency is imposed on such organizations , which means that they are obliged to bear responsibility for their actions, regardless of the amount of damage.

As a rule, the entire spectrum of powers and duties is fixed by primary operators of international law - states - in special acts on the establishment of the organization. Also there are specified those conditions that may entail the disbanding of such organizations.

Types and assessment of significance

Experts emphasize that international financial and economic organizations today differ mainly in the sphere of influence. So, there are universal and specialized ones.

The pearl of the first category of such organizations is the World Trade Organization, it is the WTO . To date, it is the only one rightfully considered the most influential in the economic sphere. In fact, it is the WTO that dictates the rules of the "game" in the sphere of intellectual property, services and trade, more than once proving its strength.

The second universal organization is the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UNESC ). Its main task is to advise countries on economic issues. It should be noted that, unlike the WTO, it includes all major economic systems, since Consultation is based on the analysis of country-specific development data.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD), like the previous one, is purely consultative, as well as scientific in nature. The basis of its activities is to provide information on how to build a market economy. And, consequently, it does not consider all states and all major economic systems in its sphere of activity.

In addition to the main ones, there are also specialized ones, designed to solve narrow issues, such as WIPO and OPEC . Despite the narrowness of the subject of the activity, these international economic organizations actively influence the formation of pricing policy throughout the world, which is especially true for OPEC.

Specialists separately distinguish international financial organizations, the main of which are the IMF and the IB.

The International Bank (IB) is a special financial organization that monitors and regulates the movement of finance and the impact of those on the standard of living of the population. It consists of five main structures, whose main activities are credit provision and monitoring of the investment situation in the member countries.

The IMF is a specialized structure, the basic principle of which is "providing loans in exchange for carrying out reforms." It is worth noting that the IMF has the greatest financial impact, especially for developing countries.

As can be seen, international economic organizations today really represent a powerful instrument of influence on the development of the economic sphere. In particular, this provision is concerned with the WTO and the IMF, whose role has long evolved from consulting to a tool for ensuring the necessary development.