The International Monetary Fund

Author : Graham Bird
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780857939708

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The International Monetary Fund by Graham Bird Pdf

There is no shortage of opinion about the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Some see it as the agent of austerity, being manipulated by wealthy nations and forcing poorer countries to pursue economic policies that suppress growth and development. A sharply contrasting view regards it as bailing out such countries with large amounts of soft finance, allowing them to avoid necessary adjustment. The challenge is to evaluate the alternative arguments and to distinguish reality from rhetoric. In this book, the authors undertake a careful and detailed empirical analysis of the underlying issues, covering participation in IMF programs, their implementation and effects on economic growth, and on the willingness of international capital markets to lend. Blending research methodologies and crossing conventional disciplinary boundaries, what emerges is a balanced and nuanced assessment of the IMF’s operations that confronts many commonly held views. Unique in its broad scope, this careful examination of the IMF will be of great interest to students and academics in the fields of international economics and international relations. Those involved in international financial institutions and national monetary institutions will also find it to be an impartial and illuminating study.

Author : Kevin Danaher
Publisher : South End Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0896084957

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50 Years is Enough by Kevin Danaher Pdf

As the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) celebrate fifty years of economic dominion over the Third World, this reader brings the best progressive authors together to critique these two main proponents of neo-liberalism. 50 Years is Enough covers such topics as failed development projects, the feminization of poverty, the detruction of the environment, the internal workings of the World Bank and the IMF, and the struggle to build alternatives to neo-liberal policies.It also includes a guide to the many organizations involved in the struggle to reform the World Bank and the IMF.

Author : Eduard Brau,Ian McDonald
Publisher : Springer
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-02-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230239494

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Successes of the International Monetary Fund by Eduard Brau,Ian McDonald Pdf

This book provides a definitive account of the recent history of the International Monetary Fund, and the successes it has enjoyed since it was founded. With fascinating contributions by current and former IMF staff members, this book offers a unique insight into the workings of the organization and explores how it has benefited many.

Author : Mark S. Copelovitch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139485968

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The International Monetary Fund in the Global Economy by Mark S. Copelovitch Pdf

The explosive growth and increasing complexity of global financial markets are defining characteristics of the contemporary world economy. Unfortunately, financial globalization has been accompanied by a marked increase in the frequency and severity of financial crises. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has taken a central role in managing these crises through its loans to developing countries. Despite extensive analysis and criticism of the IMF in recent years, key questions remain unanswered. Why does the Fund treat some countries more generously than others? To what extent is IMF lending driven by political factors rather than economic concerns? In whose interests does the IMF act? In this book, Mark Copelovitch offers novel answers to these questions. Combining statistical analysis with detailed case studies, he demonstrates how the politics and policies of the IMF have evolved over the last three decades in response to fundamental changes in the composition of international capital flows.

Author : Mr.Gerd Schwartz,Ms.Manal Fouad,Mr.Torben S Hansen,Ms.Genevieve Verdier
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781513511818

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Well Spent by Mr.Gerd Schwartz,Ms.Manal Fouad,Mr.Torben S Hansen,Ms.Genevieve Verdier Pdf

Drawing on the Fund’s analytical and capacity development work, including Public Investment Management Assessments (PIMAs) carried out in more than 60 countries, the new book Well Spent: How Strong Infrastructure Governance Can End Waste in Public Investment will address how countries can attain quality infrastructure outcomes through better infrastructure governance—an issue becoming increasingly important in the context of the Great Lockdown and its economic consequences. It covers critical issues such as infrastructure investment and Sustainable Development Goals, controlling corruption, managing fiscal risks, integrating planning and budgeting, and identifying best practices in project appraisal and selection. It also covers emerging areas in infrastructure governance, such as maintaining and managing public infrastructure assets and building resilience against climate change.

Author : Cheryl Payer
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780853453765

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The Debt Trap by Cheryl Payer Pdf

Details the history of the first thirty years of the system of aid and credit in which the IMF is the keystone.

Author : José Antonio Ocampo
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198718116

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Resetting the International Monetary (Non)System by José Antonio Ocampo Pdf

Annotation Provides an analysis of the global monetary system and proposes a comprehensive yet evolutionary reform of the system aimed at creating better monetary cooperation for the twenty-first century.

Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1996-03-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 155775408X

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What is the international Monetary Fund? (Revised 1996)(Reprinted 6/97) by International Monetary Fund Pdf

This paper explains the primary aim behind the founding of the IMF. The IMF is a cooperative institution that 181 countries have voluntarily joined because they see the advantage of consulting with one another in this forum to maintain a stable system of buying and selling their currencies so that payments in foreign money can take place between countries smoothly and without delay. The IMF lends money to members having trouble meeting financial obligations to other members, but only on condition that they undertake economic reforms to eliminate these difficulties for their own good and that of the entire membership.

Author : Olivier Blanchard,David Romer,Michael Spence,Joseph E. Stiglitz
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262301084

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In the Wake of the Crisis by Olivier Blanchard,David Romer,Michael Spence,Joseph E. Stiglitz Pdf

Prominent economists reconsider the fundamentals of economic policy for a post-crisis world. In 2011, the International Monetary Fund invited prominent economists and economic policymakers to consider the brave new world of the post-crisis global economy. The result is a book that captures the state of macroeconomic thinking at a transformational moment. The crisis and the weak recovery that has followed raise fundamental questions concerning macroeconomics and economic policy. These top economists discuss future directions for monetary policy, fiscal policy, financial regulation, capital-account management, growth strategies, the international monetary system, and the economic models that should underpin thinking about critical policy choices. Contributors Olivier Blanchard, Ricardo Caballero, Charles Collyns, Arminio Fraga, Már Guðmundsson, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Otmar Issing, Olivier Jeanne, Rakesh Mohan, Maurice Obstfeld, José Antonio Ocampo, Guillermo Ortiz, Y. V. Reddy, Dani Rodrik, David Romer, Paul Romer, Andrew Sheng, Hyun Song Shin, Parthasarathi Shome, Robert Solow, Michael Spence, Joseph Stiglitz, Adair Turner

Author : Frank Allan Southard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:49015001169557

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The Evolution of the International Monetary Fund by Frank Allan Southard Pdf

Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781513575919

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The Global Informal Workforce by International Monetary Fund Pdf

The Global Informal Workforce is a fresh look at the informal economy around the world and its impact on the macroeconomy. The book covers interactions between the informal economy, labor and product markets, gender equality, fiscal institutions and outcomes, social protection, and financial inclusion. Informality is a widespread and persistent phenomenon that affects how fast economies can grow, develop, and provide decent economic opportunities for their populations. The COVID-19 pandemic has helped to uncover the vulnerabilities of the informal workforce.

Author : Claudia Kedar
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781439909119

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The International Monetary Fund and Latin America by Claudia Kedar Pdf

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has played a critical role in the global economy since the postwar era. But, claims Claudia Kedar, behind the strictly economic aspects of the IMF’s intervention, there are influential interactions between IMF technocrats and local economists—even when countries are not borrowing money. In The International Monetary Fund and Latin America, Kedar seeks to expose the motivations and constraints of the operations of both the IMF and borrowers. With access to never-before-seen archive materials, Kedar reveals both the routine and behind-the-scenes practices that have depicted International Monetary Fund–Latin American relations in general and the asymmetrical IMF-Argentina relations in particular. Kedar also analyzes the “routine of dependency” that characterizes IMF-borrower relations with several Latin American countries such as Chile, Peru, and Brazil. The International Monetary Fund and Latin America shows how debtor countries have adopted IMF’s policies during past decades and why Latin American leaders today largely refrain from knocking at the IMF’s doors again.

Author : C. Fred Bergsten ,Russell A. Green
Publisher : Peterson Institute for International Economics
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780881327120

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International Monetary Cooperation by C. Fred Bergsten ,Russell A. Green Pdf

In September 1985, emissaries of the world's five leading industrial nations—the United States, Britain, France, Germany, and Japan—secretly gathered at the Plaza Hotel in New York City and unveiled an unprecedented effort to correct the largest set of current account and exchange rate imbalances that had ever threatened the world economy. The Plaza Accord is credited with sharply realigning exchange rates, significantly reducing current account imbalances, and countering protectionist pressures in the United States. But did the Accord provide a foundation for ongoing international financial stability and policy coordination? Or was it simply a unique one-time coincidence of national interests? The Plaza experience continues to inform today's debates about the limits and possibilities of international monetary cooperation. In late 2015, leading policymakers and economists—including those who were involved in the Accord's design, negotiation, and implementation—held a Plaza Retrospective conference at the Baker Institute for Public Policy to evaluate the Accord's legacy and how its collaborative spirit can be applied today. This volume presents their views and analyses to provide guidance for a time when the world again faces the prospect of currency disequilibria, growing imbalances, trade policy reactions, and thus uncertainty for both the global economy and world politics.

Author : Erica R. Gould
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0804752796

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Money Talks by Erica R. Gould Pdf

analyzes the changes in conditions placed on International Monetary Fund loans to states over the last fifty years and argues that the changes can be explained by shifts in the sources of the IMF's funding.

Author : Randall W. Stone
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400824434

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Lending Credibility by Randall W. Stone Pdf

With the end of the Cold War, the International Monetary Fund emerged as the most powerful international institution in history. But how much influence can the IMF exert over fiercely contested issues in domestic politics that affect the lives of millions? In Lending Credibility, Randall Stone develops the first systematic approach to answering this question. Deploying an arsenal of methods from a range of social sciences rarely combined, he mounts a forceful challenge to conventional wisdom. Focusing on the former Soviet bloc, Stone finds that the IMF is neither as powerful as some critics fear, nor as weak as others believe, but that the answer hinges on the complex factor of how much credibility it can muster from country to country. Stone begins by building a formal, game-theoretic model of lending credibility, which he then subjects to sophisticated quantitative testing on original data from twenty-six countries over the 1990s. Next come detailed, interview-based case studies on negotiations between the IMF and Russia, Ukraine, Poland, and Bulgaria. Stone asserts that the IMF has exerted startling influence over economic policy in smaller countries, such as Poland and Bulgaria. However, where U.S. foreign policy interests come more heavily into play, as in Russia, the IMF cannot credibly commit to enforcing the loans-for-policy contract. This erodes its ability to facilitate enduring market reforms. Stone's context is the postcommunist transition in Europe and Asia, but his findings carry implications for IMF activities the world over.