LEADER 03542oam 2200613I 450 001 9910464976703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-203-75914-1 010 $a1-134-70070-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203759141 035 $a(CKB)3710000000106235 035 $a(EBL)1683581 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001253344 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11741664 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001253344 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11293371 035 $a(PQKB)10692681 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1683581 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1683581 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10870136 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL603003 035 $a(OCoLC)879074520 035 $a(OCoLC)879382523 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000106235 100 $a20180331d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe IMF and the future $eissues and options facing the fund /$fGraham Bird 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (314 p.) 225 1 $aPriorities in development economics 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-40687-0 311 $a0-415-29987-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 A suitable case for treatment?: understanding the ongoing debate about the IMF; 2 Borrowing from the IMF: the policy implications of recent empirical research; 3 IMF lending: how is it affected by economic, political and institutional factors?; 4 IMF programmes - do they work? Can they be made to work better?; 5 The effectiveness of conditionality and the political economy of policy reform: is it simply a matter of political will?; 6 IMF programmes: is there a conditionality Laffer curve? 327 $a7 The credibility and signalling effect of IMF programmes8 The IMF's role in mobilizing international capital: is there a catalytic effect?; 9 Restructuring the IMF's lending facilities; 10 Resourcing the Fund: direct borrowing from private capital markets; 11 Crisis averter, crisis lender, crisis manager: the IMF in search of a systemic role; 12 The IMF and developing countries: a review of the evidence and policy options; 13 Political economy influences within the life cycle of IMF programmes; 14 The political economy of the SDR: the rise and fall of an international reserve asset; Index 330 $aThe International Monetary Fund has been criticised from both the right and the left of the political spectrum with the right arguing that it is too interventionist and creates more problems than it solves and the left on occasion demanding that it be abolished altogether. What seems almost beyond question is that the IMF needs to be reformed.Defining a future role for the IMF will always be a controversial issue, but vital to any considerations will be a measured assessment of how it has operated in the past. This excellent new book from an internationally respected expert on the IMF inte 410 0$aPriorities for development economics. 606 $aInternational finance 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aInternational finance. 676 $a332.1/52 700 $aBird$b Graham R.$0159166 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464976703321 996 $aThe IMF and the future$91974742 997 $aUNINA