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50 Years is Enough

Author : Kevin Danaher
Publisher : South End Press
ISBN 13 : 9780896084957
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (849 download)

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Download or read book 50 Years is Enough written by Kevin Danaher and published by South End Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The International Monetary Fund

Author : Graham Bird
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 085793970X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)

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Download or read book The International Monetary Fund written by Graham Bird and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Successes of the International Monetary Fund

Author : Eduard Brau
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230239498
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Successes of the International Monetary Fund written by Eduard Brau and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-02-04 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Well Spent

Author : Mr.Gerd Schwartz
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1513511815
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Well Spent written by Mr.Gerd Schwartz and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

External Performance in Low-Income Countries

Author : Mr.Alessandro Prati
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1616350539
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (163 download)

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Book Synopsis External Performance in Low-Income Countries by : Mr.Alessandro Prati

Download or read book External Performance in Low-Income Countries written by Mr.Alessandro Prati and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assessments of exchange rate misalignments and external imbalances for low-income countries are challenging because methodologies developed for advanced and emerging economies cannot be automatically applied to poorer nations. This paper uses a large database, unique in the set of indicators and number of countries it covers, to estimate the relationship in low-income countries between a set of fundamentals in the medium to long term and the real effective exchange rate, the current account, and the net external assets position.

The International Monetary Fund in the Global Economy

Author : Mark S. Copelovitch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139485962
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Book Synopsis The International Monetary Fund in the Global Economy by : Mark S. Copelovitch

Download or read book The International Monetary Fund in the Global Economy written by Mark S. Copelovitch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-10 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Debt Trap

Author : Cheryl Payer
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0853453764
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (534 download)

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Download or read book The Debt Trap written by Cheryl Payer and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the history of the first thirty years of the system of aid and credit in which the IMF is the keystone.

The Global Informal Workforce

Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1513575910
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book The Global Informal Workforce written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2021-07-23 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The International Monetary Fund and Latin America

Author : Claudia Kedar
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 1439909113
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book The International Monetary Fund and Latin America written by Claudia Kedar and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Fiscal Policy Rules

Author : Mr.George Kopits
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 9781557757043
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Fiscal Policy Rules written by Mr.George Kopits and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 1998-07-22 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are fiscal policy rules? What are the principal benefits and drawbacks associated with various fiscal rules, particularly compared with alternative approaches to fiscal adjustment? Can fiscal rules contribute to long-run sustainability and welfare without sacrificing short-run stabilization? If so, what characteristics of fiscal rules make this contribution most effective? And in what circumstances and contexts, if any should the IMF encourage its member countries to adopt fiscal rules? This paper seeks to identify sensible fiscal policy rules that can succeed, if chosen by a member country, as an alternative to descretionary fiscal rules.

In the Wake of the Crisis

Author : Olivier Blanchard
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262301083
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book In the Wake of the Crisis written by Olivier Blanchard and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2012-02-24 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Guidance Note for Fund Staff on the Treatment and Use of SDR Allocations

Author : International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1498335632
Total Pages : 23 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (983 download)

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Download or read book Guidance Note for Fund Staff on the Treatment and Use of SDR Allocations written by International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2009-08-28 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Against the backdrop of the global financial crisis, the IMF has decided to implement a US$250 billion general allocation of special drawing rights (SDRs). In addition, the Fourth Amendment of the Fund’s Articles of Agreement has recently become effective, and will make available to SDR Department participants a special allocation of up to an additional SDR 21.5 billion (US$33 billion). Nearly US$115 billion of these combined allocations will go to emerging market and developing countries, including about US$20 billion to low-income countries (LICs), thereby providing an important boost to the reserves of countries with the greatest needs.

Sovereign Debt

Author : S. Ali Abbas
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192591401
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book Sovereign Debt written by S. Ali Abbas and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-21 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last time global sovereign debt reached the level seen today was at the end of the Second World War, and this shaped a generation of economic policymaking. International institutions were transformed, country policies were often draconian and distortive, and many crises ensued. By the early 1970s, when debt fell back to pre-war levels, the world was radically different. It is likely that changes of a similar magnitude -for better and for worse - will play out over coming decades. Sovereign Debt: A Guide for Economists and Practitioners is an attempt to build some structure around the issues of sovereign debt to help guide economists, practitioners and policymakers through this complicated, but not intractable, subject. Sovereign Debt brings together some of the world's leading researchers and specialists in sovereign debt to cover a range of sub-disciplines within this vast topic. It explores debt management with debt sustainability; debt reduction policies with crisis prevention policies; and the history with the conjuncture. It is a foundation text for all those interested in sovereign debt, with a particular focus real world examples and issues.

Back to Basics

Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1498308953
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (983 download)

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Download or read book Back to Basics written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2019-04-11 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper discusses about capitalism that is often thought of as an economic system in which private actors own and control property in accord with their interests, and demand and supply freely set prices in markets in a way that can serve the best interests of society. The essential feature of capitalism is the motive to make a profit. In a capitalist economy, capital assets—such as factories, mines, and railroads—can be privately owned and controlled, labor is purchased for money wages, capital gains accrue to private owners, and prices allocate capital and labor between competing uses. Although some form of capitalism is the basis for nearly all economies today, for much of the past century it was but one of two major approaches to economic organization. In the other, socialism, the state owns the means of production, and state-owned enterprises seek to maximize social good rather than profits.

Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual and Compilation Guide

Author : Mr.Jose M Cartas
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1513579193
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual and Compilation Guide written by Mr.Jose M Cartas and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2017-11-09 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition of Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual and Compilation Guide (Manual) updates and merges into one volume methodological and practical aspects of the compilation process of monetary statistics. The Manual is aimed at compilers and users of monetary data, offering guidance for the collection and analytical presentation of monetary statistics. The Manual includes standardized report forms, providing countries with a tool for compiling and reporting harmonized data for the central bank, other depository corporations, and other financial corporations.

Lending Credibility

Author : Randall W. Stone
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400824435
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Lending Credibility written by Randall W. Stone and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-06 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Resetting the International Monetary (Non)System

Author : José Antonio Ocampo
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019871811X
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Resetting the International Monetary (Non)System written by José Antonio Ocampo and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.