LEADER 06215oam 22011654 450 001 9910826180103321 005 20240402045622.0 010 $a1-4755-1155-8 010 $a1-4755-1154-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000278924 035 $a(EBL)1607000 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000943588 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11573561 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000943588 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10977499 035 $a(PQKB)10232780 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1607000 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10627145 035 $a(OCoLC)870244983 035 $a(IMF)WPIEE2012232 035 $a(IMF)WPIEA2012232 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1607000 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000278924 100 $a20020129d2012 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStructural Reforms, IMF Programs and Capacity Building : $eAn Empirical Investigation /$fRabah Arezki, Marc Quintyn, Frederik Toscani 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cInternational Monetary Fund,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (30 p.) 225 1 $aIMF Working Papers 225 0$aIMF working paper ;$vWP/12/232 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4755-1156-6 311 $a1-4755-1070-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Data; A. Structural reforms; B. IMF Capacity Building Activities and IMF Programs; C. Controls; D. Who receives IMF Capacity Building and Programs?; III. Empirical Strategy; A. Conceptual discussion; IMF training and reforms; IMF technical assistance and reforms; B. Model specification; Structural Reforms and Capacity Building; Program implementation and capacity building; C. Results; D. Robustness; IV. Endogeneity Issues; V. Conclusions; References; Appendixes; Appendix 1. Typology of IMF Programs 327 $aAppendix 2. Table A1. Exploratory Regressions: What country features are associatedFigures; Figure 1. Evolution of Training Activities by Region; Figure 2. Total Number of Trained Officials during 1981-2011; Figure 3. Evolution of Technical Assistance by Region; Figure 4. Total Number of Technical Assistance during 1990-2012; Figure 5. Evolution of IMF Programs by Region; Figure 6. Actual Technical Assistance vs. Predicted Allocation; Tables; Table 1. Exploratory regression relating IMF program to structural reforms; Table 2. Results for training and TA interacted with programs 327 $aTable 3. Results for Training and TA interacted with programsTable 4. Capacity building and program failure; Table 5. Impact of training on structural reforms controlling for country motivation; Table 6. Impact of technical assistance on structural reforms using instrument based on; Table 7. Capacity building and program success using an instrument based on donor 330 3 $aThis paper investigates the role that International Monetary Fund (IMF) programs and capacity building play in fostering structural reforms. To do so, we exploit two novel datasets on IMF capacity building and structural reforms available for over one hundred IMF member countries over the period 1980 - 2010. The main results are threefold. First, there is a general association between IMF programs and structural reforms but this relationship is not very robust. Second, IMF training leads to an increase in structural reforms but only through IMF programs and only when a significant share of public servants is trained. Third, IMF technical assistance does not significantly lead to more structural reforms but raises the likelihood of completion of ongoing IMF programs. 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