Organisation économique et financière | |
 The Palais Wilson in Geneva, where the Economic and Financial Organization staff worked from 1920 to 1936[citation needed] | |
| Abbreviation | EFO |
|---|---|
| Successor | United Nations |
| Formation | 1920 |
| Dissolved | 1945 |
Parent organization | League of Nations |
The Economic and Financial Organization (EFO, French: Organisation économique et financière) was the largest of the technical arms of the League of Nations,[1]: 6 and the world's first international organization dedicated to promoting economic and monetary co-operation.[2]: 466 It took shape in the early 1920s and was in activity until the creation of the United Nations in 1945. It has been described as having had seminal influence on postwar economic institutions, notably the International Monetary Fund (IMF).[1]
- ^ a b Louis W. Pauly (December 1996), "The League of Nations and the Foreshadowing of the International Monetary Fund", Essays in International Finance, 201, Princeton University, SSRN 2173443
- ^ Patricia Clavin and Jens-Wilhelm Wessels (November 2005), "Transnationalism and the League of Nations: Understanding the Work of Its Economic and Financial Organisation", Contemporary European History, 14 (4), Cambridge University Press: 465–492, doi:10.1017/S0960777305002729, JSTOR 20081280, S2CID 162061763
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