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International Finance Need to calculate foreign exchange currency rates, here are the top three Websites: - X-Rates - Oanda - XE   The Institute of International Finance, Inc. (IIF), is the world’s only global association of financial institutions. Created in 1983 in response to the international debt crisis, the IIF has evolved to meet the changing needs of the financial community.     The International Finance Corporation (IFC) promotes sustainable private sector investment in developing countries as a way to reduce poverty and improve people's lives.     The International Finance Discussion Paper (IFDP) prepared from United States Federal Reserve Board Staff working papers.     The World Bank Group is one of the world's largest sources of development assistance working in more than 100 developing economies, bringing a mix of finance and ideas to improve living standards and eliminate the worst forms of poverty.     The World Trade Organization is an organization for trade opening. It is a forum for governments to negotiate trade agreements. It is a place for them to settle trade disputes. It operates a system of trade rules. Essentially, the WTO is a place where member governments try to sort out the trade problems they face with each other.

. . .   A large number of organizations around the globe participate in the attempted management and control of the World's finances.   Economic crisis seem to show that no amount of thought, information, and effort can completely manage the world economy.   However, as an international business person, learning what is being attempted and accomplished regarding world finance is valuable.