What do critics accuse the World Bank and International Monetary Fund of?
a. Seeking to undermine national sovereignty
b. Engaging in widespread corruption
c. Pushing Western economic practices on non-Western nations, leading to increased poverty and debt
d. Promoting non-Western economic needs at the expense of its Western member nations
e. Charging excessively high interest rates on loans to poorer countries
c
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a. was led by Commander John J. Pershing. b. arrived in France ready and willing to fight the Germans. c. was composed of about 40,000 men and 16,000 women. d. all of the above
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