IMF Programmes in Developing Countries: Design and Impact Contributor(s): Killick, Tony (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415130409 ISBN-13: 9780415130400 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $59.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1995 Annotation: The International Money Fund is the center 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 the fifty years of IMF existence has been "fifty years too long," and that its doctrinaire policy must change or Fund programs will have only limited ability t achieve their objectives. br br b /b b i IMF Programmes in Developing Countries /i /b examines these claims and counter-claims, discussing the extent to which IMF policies have adapted to global demands and the subsequent effects of Fund programs. |
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BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Banks & Banking - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography - Social Science | Human Geography |
Dewey: 332.152 |
LCCN: 95005129 |
Lexile Measure: 1540 |
Series: Development Policy Studies |
Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.65 lbs) 228 pages |
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Publisher 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. |