IMF Conditionality and Country Ownership of Programs

Mohsin Khan and Sunil Sharma ()

No 2001/142, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: The paper uses finance and agency theory to establish two main propositions: First, that the conditionality attached to adjustment programs supported by the IMF is justified. Second, that ownership of programs by the borrowing country is crucial for their success. Hence, since both IMF conditionality and country ownership are necessary, the task is one of designing conditionality to maximize program ownership, subject to providing adequate safeguards for IMF lending. The paper discusses some recent proposals for enhancing ownership, and in particular, makes a case for incorporating floating tranches and outcomes-based conditionality in IMF-supported adjustment programs.

Keywords: WP; country authorities; IMF lending; country ownership; adjustment program; borrowing country; IMF resource; IMF staff; IMF-supported programs; conditionality; ownership; principal-agent; moral-hazard; ownership of program; venture capitalist; borrowing government; government's responsibility; country preference; negotiating position; country undertaking; democratized country environment; Structural reforms; Loans; Moral hazard; Collateral; International reserves; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32
Date: 2001-09-01
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