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264: 40: 85:, the participants, altogether 194 national delegates and 157 expert advisers, were not formally representing the respective governments; this feature was similar to that adopted at the 100:
Financial considerations were central to the conference. The delegates unanimously stated that "Financial reconstruction is the basis of economic reconstruction". Efforts to restrain
67: 66:, it was the first international economic conference formally sponsored by the League, in the wake of the success of the stabilization loans led by its 113: 24: 354: 329: 334: 305: 93:. The scope was broad both geographically and thematically, as conveyed by the official name "World Economic Conference" mirroring 97:'s preference for an international reach in line with the League's own, against Loucheur's preference for a European focus. 324: 359: 364: 279: 94: 349: 298: 86: 344: 339: 291: 90: 75: 207: 191: 157:"L'Organisation économique de la SDN et la naissance du régionalisme économique en Europe" 134: 8: 51:, from May 4 to 23, 1927, and attended by representatives of 46 member countries of the 241: 168: 203: 104:
were debated but without success, given the extent of differences between countries.
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Belgian statesman Georges Theunis (1873–1966) chaired the Geneva Conference
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Under the chairmanship of former Belgian Prime Minister
132: 219: 70:, particularly in Austria and Hungary, and of the 74:which had temporarily mitigated the challenge of 316: 114:International Monetary and Economic Conferences 189: 299: 154: 306: 292: 150: 148: 133:United Nations Geneva (5 September 2019). 232:(147), Oxford University Press: 465–472, 222:"The World Economic Conference at Geneva" 62:Initially suggested in 1925 by France's 38: 213: 185: 183: 181: 145: 317: 355:Diplomatic conferences in Switzerland 220:W. Leslie Runciman (September 1927), 258: 178: 330:20th-century diplomatic conferences 68:Economic and Financial Organization 13: 55:as well as the United States, the 14: 376: 25:international economic conference 16:International economic conference 262: 190:Louis W. Pauly (December 1996), 59:, and a few other non-members. 335:1927 in international relations 196:Essays in International Finance 47:The conference was held at the 126: 1: 278:. You can help Knowledge by 7: 325:Global economic conferences 155:Éric Bussière (Fall 1993), 107: 34: 10: 381: 257: 87:Brussels Conference (1920) 161:Relations Internationales 21:World Economic Conference 360:Aftermath of World War I 202:, Princeton University, 119: 91:Genoa Conference (1922) 365:Economic history stubs 274:-related article is a 76:German war reparations 44: 42: 226:The Economic Journal 89:, and unlike at the 350:1922 in Switzerland 45: 287: 286: 53:League of Nations 372: 345:Events in Geneva 340:1927 conferences 308: 301: 294: 272:economic history 266: 259: 249: 248: 217: 211: 210: 187: 176: 175: 152: 143: 142: 130: 380: 379: 375: 374: 373: 371: 370: 369: 315: 314: 313: 312: 255: 253: 252: 238:10.2307/2223577 218: 214: 188: 179: 167:(75): 301–313, 153: 146: 131: 127: 122: 110: 83:Georges Theunis 37: 17: 12: 11: 5: 378: 368: 367: 362: 357: 352: 347: 342: 337: 332: 327: 311: 310: 303: 296: 288: 285: 284: 267: 251: 250: 212: 177: 144: 124: 123: 121: 118: 117: 116: 109: 106: 64:Louis Loucheur 36: 33: 31:in May 1927. 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 377: 366: 363: 361: 358: 356: 353: 351: 348: 346: 343: 341: 338: 336: 333: 331: 328: 326: 323: 322: 320: 309: 304: 302: 297: 295: 290: 289: 283: 281: 277: 273: 268: 265: 261: 260: 256: 247: 243: 239: 235: 231: 227: 223: 216: 209: 205: 201: 197: 193: 186: 184: 182: 174: 170: 166: 162: 158: 151: 149: 140: 136: 129: 125: 115: 112: 111: 105: 103: 98: 96: 95:Arthur Salter 92: 88: 84: 79: 77: 73: 69: 65: 60: 58: 54: 50: 41: 32: 30: 26: 22: 280:expanding it 269: 254: 229: 225: 215: 199: 195: 164: 160: 138: 128: 99: 80: 61: 57:Soviet Union 46: 20: 18: 319:Categories 72:Dawes Plan 49:Calvinium 173:45344530 108:See also 35:Overview 27:held in 246:2223577 208:2173443 139:Twitter 102:cartels 23:was an 244:  206:  171:  29:Geneva 270:This 242:JSTOR 169:JSTOR 120:Notes 276:stub 204:SSRN 19:The 234:doi 200:201 78:. 321:: 240:, 230:37 228:, 224:, 198:, 194:, 180:^ 165:75 163:, 159:, 147:^ 137:. 307:e 300:t 293:v 282:. 236:: 141:.

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international economic conference
Geneva

Calvinium
League of Nations
Soviet Union
Louis Loucheur
Economic and Financial Organization
Dawes Plan
German war reparations
Georges Theunis
Brussels Conference (1920)
Genoa Conference (1922)
Arthur Salter
cartels
International Monetary and Economic Conferences
"#Geneva has been at the heart of modern multilateralism for 100 years"


"L'Organisation économique de la SDN et la naissance du régionalisme économique en Europe"
JSTOR
45344530



"The League of Nations and the Foreshadowing of the International Monetary Fund"
SSRN
2173443
"The World Economic Conference at Geneva"
doi

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