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IMF Programmes in Developing Countries: Design and Impact (Development Policy Studies)

Book information

Year
1995
ISBN
9780415130400, 0415130409, 0203400356, 9780203400357
LCC
HG3881.5.I58 K54 1995
Open Library ID
OL1273659M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
894 kB (915869 bytes)
Pages
224\225
Topic
Education
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The International Monetary Fund is the centre of a global financial system that encourages budgetary discipline and full integration into world trade to facilitate development and alleviate poverty. Yet this policy 'conditionality' of the IMF is highly controversial. Critics state that fifty years of IMF existence has been 'fifty years too long', and that its doctrinaire policy must change or Fund programmes will have only limited ability to achieve their objectives. This book examines the arguments, tracing the extent of Fund adaptation, presenting major new evidence on the consequences of Fund programmes, and considering its future role.

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