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Twenty-First-Century Crises and the Social Turn of International Financial Institutions
The early twenty-first century will be remembered as a time of constant crisis. These crises have created repeated global states of emergency,...
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Digital Finance and the International Monetary System
With the rapid development of the digital economy, the relationship between digital finance and the international monetary system has become a focal...
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Financial Crisis, the IMF and State Repression
This chapter builds on the theoretical framework presented in Chapter 2 to explore the short-term domestic political impact of the concurrent...
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The International Monetary Fund and the Social
The IMF has been given a prescribed role as a global macrosocial actor within the global monetary and financial networks to maintain stability....
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The Reform of the IMF and the Origin of CryptoSDRs
The current international monetary system has serious flaws, including the “Triffin Dilemma” and other factors that have led to frequent global...
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The Injury of Sovereignty in Ecuador in the Management of the Debt Crisis: The Role of IMF
The present chapter evidences a financial crisis and its approach in Ecuador, showing the concept and theoretical evolution of “frontier” and its...
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Taxing the People, Not Trade: the International Monetary Fund and the Structure of Taxation in Develo** Countries
Strengthening fiscal capacity in low- and middle-income countries is essential for achieving sustainable development. The International Monetary...
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The Transmission Mechanisms of International Business Cycles: International Trade and the Foreign Effects of US Monetary Policy
This paper studies the channels through which shocks from one country transmit in the global economy. Using local projections with instrumental...
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The Case for Annual Special Drawing Right Allocations
The special drawing right (SDR) is issued by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The SDR has the potential to strengthen dramatically the...
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Direct Impact of U.S. Monetary Policy Adjustments on International Monetary Policy
From the perspective of global development practice, the rise of Keynesianism after the Great Depression of the 1930s gave prominence to aggregate...
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The International Lender of Last Resort Before 2000
With no world government and no world central bank, the question of where international last resort lending comes from is crucial. The historical...
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IMF Programs, Shadow Banks and Financial Crisis: Empirical Evidence
This chapter presents in detail our empirical analysis employed to test Hypothesis 1 which posits that IMF programs are likely to be positively...
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The International Monetary and Financial Environment
After completing this chapter, you should be able to:
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Alternatives to the International Monetary Fund in Asia and Latin America: Lessons for Regional Financial Arrangements
This chapter presents a comparative analysis of the background, governance and economic impacts of two existing short-term liquidity mechanisms, the...
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The International Monetary System
Kahn’s article, published in 1973, reflects on the deficiencies in the operations of the international monetary mechanism in the twenty years after...
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US-EU Cooperation on a Role for the International Monetary Fund
The US and leading European nations have dominated the IMF ever since its inception. Despite its role having changed in recent decades, it remains an...
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State Repression, the IMF and Financial Crisis: Empirical Evidence
This chapter reports the data, statistical models and results obtained from testing Hypothesis 2 which states that government repression (abuse) of...
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Early Forms of State Resistance to Neoliberalism: The International Monetary Fund in South Africa
This chapter examines the role played by the multilateral organizations, specifically the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, in...
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Explaining IMF design of 2010 Greece loan: bricoleurs relying on fiscal space and nonlinear multiple equilibria processes
The IMF’s 2010 Troika lending programme with Greece was unprecedented due to the IMF’s controversial internal rule changes, the programme’s pivotal...
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European Monetary Fund: The EU Commission’s Proposal—Construct Leaves Extensive Room for Maneuver
In December 2017, the European Commission announced “Further steps to complete the Economic and Monetary Union of Europe: a roadmap”. This includes...