ABSTRACT
To reflect on the processes of economic internationalization requires a serious effort to identify the specific agents involved as well as to gauge the weight and effect of their actions. The history, evolution and current behaviour of the World Bank group of institutions validate this perspective. It is worth noting in this regard that after the World War II, the United States and its principal European allies considered it inadvisable to maintain the form of political colonialism that had hitherto characterized the international economic system. The impact of the World Bank and related institutions on the structure and intra-institutional dynamics of Mexico's economy were extended and deepened throughout the 1980s with the growth of the national debt and the servicing of this debt by the government. Loans always include commission payments, a formal and legally established procedure in international agreements.
