Pt. 1. The background to the Bretton Woods system and the international trading system -- 1. The background to and the creation of the original Bretton Woods system / Peter Coffey -- Pt. 2. The IMF, the World Bank, and the WTO : an independent European assessment -- 2. The International Monetary Fund / Peter Coffey -- 3. The international bank for reconstruction and development : the World Bank / Peter Coffey -- 4. The World Trade Organisation / Peter Coffey -- Pt. 3. The World Bank, the IMF and WTO : an independent American assessment -- 5. The World Bank / Robert J. Riley -- 6. The IMF / Robert J. Riley -- 7. The World Trade Organisation / Robert J. Riley -- 8. Conclusions : the future / Peter Coffey and Robert J. Riley -- App. 1. Extract from Peter Coffey (1974), The world monetary crisis -- App. 2. The Meltzer Commission report, preface and executive summary. -- App. 3. Doha development programme : results of negotiations at WTO General Council, 31 July-August 2004 and final declaration of the Third Parliamentary Conference on the WTO, 24-26 November 2004.