IMF Lending to Developing Countries

Issues and Evidence
1. Auflage 1994
ISBN: 978-0-415-11700-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 295 g

Reihe: Development Policy Studies Series

As the linchpin of the global financial system, the International Monetary Fund provides the balance of payments support, chiefly to developing countries, conditional on strict remedial policy measures.
Its approach to policy remains highly controversial, however. While the Fund claims it has adapted, critics allege its policies are harshly doctrinaire, imposing hardships on already poverty-stricken people. For the critics, the half century of its existence is `fifty years too long' and radical change is essential.
This book examines the arguments, tracing the extent of Fund adaption, presenting major new evidence on the consequences of fund programes, and considering its future role.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bird, Graham

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Wirtschaftliche Globalisierung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Bankwirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 THE IMF AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 2 IMF LENDING: THE ANALYTICAL ISSUES 3 IMF LENDING: THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE 4 IMF LENDING: THE WAY FORWARD

Über Autor(innen)

Graham Bird is Professor of Economics and Director of the Surrey Centre for International Economic Studies, University of Surrey.