The International Monetary Fund

Graham Bird and Dane Rowlands

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Abstract: There is no shortage of opinion about the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Some see it as the agent of austerity, being manipulated by wealthy nations and forcing poorer countries to pursue economic policies that suppress growth and development. A sharply contrasting view regards it as bailing out such countries with large amounts of soft finance, allowing them to avoid necessary adjustment. The challenge is to evaluate the alternative arguments and to distinguish reality from rhetoric. In this book, the authors undertake a careful and detailed empirical analysis of the underlying issues, covering participation in IMF programs, their implementation and effects on economic growth, and on the willingness of international capital markets to lend.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
ISBN: 9780857939692
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction and overview: the purposes and operations of the IMF , pp 1-18

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Ch 2 IMF quotas , pp 19-39

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Ch 3 The IMF’s lending facilities , pp 40-62

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Ch 4 Aggregate IMF lending , pp 63-86

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Ch 5 Participation in IMF programs , pp 87-127

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Ch 6 The implementation of IMF programs , pp 128-161

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Ch 7 The effects of IMF programs on economic growth , pp 162-186

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Ch 8 IMF programs and private capital flows , pp 187-216

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Ch 9 Conclusions , pp 217-224

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