The Design of IMF-Supported Programs

Charalambos Christofides, Atish Ghosh (), Uma Ramakrishnan, Alun Thomas, Laura Papi, Juan Zalduendo and Jun Kim

No 2005/007, IMF Occasional Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This collection of papers examines IMF-supported programs over the period 1995-2000 in both middle-income and low-income countries. In order to seek insights from a comparison across different types of programs, the sections entitled"Objectives and Outcomes," "Policy Formulation and Analytical Frameworks," and "Macroeconomic and Structural Policies" address a number of questions regarding the economic programs for which national authorities seek the IMF’s financial support: the specific goals of IMF-supported programs, and the challenges they face; how programs are formulated; the components of programs; and how program success should be judged.

Keywords: OP; IMF support; IMF staff estimate; policy; program; IMF country team; IMF-supported program; current account balance; Current account balance; Capital account crisis; Inflation; Fiscal consolidation; Exchange rate arrangements; Baltics; transition economy; program objective (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 160
Date: 2005-09-20
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