IMF programs and policies assessment in the transition economies during the transition and the post-transition period

Bellos Sotirios K. ()
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Bellos Sotirios K.: University of Macedonia, Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies, Thessaloniki, Greece, Tripoleos Street, Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, 55131, Greece

Journal of Heterodox Economics, 2016, vol. 3, issue 2, 102-127

Abstract: We analyze empirically whether IMF financial assistance in 31 transition countries, during the transition and the post-transition period, has achieved the purposes stated in the IMF's own articles of agreement, namely employment enhancement, confidence provision and export promotion. By employing panel data and impact evaluation analysis, we find that IMF presence persistently fails to be correlated with upgrades in sovereign rating, FDI attraction and employment improvement. By focusing on specific IMF policies, we present some intriguing results, which reveal whether these individual policies actually contribute to the achievement of the official IMF purposes or not.

Keywords: IMF programs; Success of IMF Programs; Transition Economies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1515/jheec-2016-0006

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