The International Monetary Fund’s view of social equity Throughout its 75 years Of existence

Isabel Garrido ()
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Isabel Garrido: Banco de España

No 2127, Occasional Papers from Banco de España

Abstract: Significant progress has been made in recent decades in the fight against poverty and the reduction of inequality on a global scale, which this century’s two major crises have threatened to reverse. Given its responsibilities and global scope, the International Monetary Fund has been an influential actor in the policies to tackle inequality and poverty worldwide. The historical account of the transformation of the Fund’s policies over its 75-year history reveals the extent to which each of its internal agents (management, members and staff) has influenced the shifts in its institutional stance with respect to these challenges. The text mining-based analysis of the documents articulating each of these agents’ stances sheds light on the degree of alignment between the institution’s discourse and the historical events.

Keywords: IMF; inequality; gender; poverty; environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F33 I3 N20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-10
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