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Social protection and the International Monetary Fund: promise versus performance
BackgroundCountries in the Global South are currently facing momentous economic and social challenges, including major debt service problems. As in...
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Who adjusts? Exchange rate regimes and finance versus labor under IMF programs
Who adjusts under International Monetary Fund (IMF) programs and why? In this paper, I demonstrate that labor groups adjust when there is a fixed...
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International Financial Institutions and International Monetary System Reform
This chapter discusses the reforms in the international organisations (IOs). International organisations (IOs) are an integral part of international...
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Why cronies don’t cry? IMF programs, Chinese lending, and leader survival
Many countries in the Global South have increased their exposure to Chinese debt in recent years. With the COVID-19 pandemic and the US interest rate...
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The power of having powerful friends: Evidence from a new dataset of IMF negotiating missions, 1985-2020
When countries are confronted with a crisis and have no alternative but to turn to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), speed is of the essence....
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Evaluation of International Monetary Policy Coordination: Evidence from Machine Learning Algorithms
Being a critical for integrating of the global financial system, international monetary policy coordination deserves attention to offer timely and...
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The unintended consequences of IMF programs: Women left behind in the labor market
Despite societal progress toward achieving gender equality, women remain disadvantaged across all walks of life. We examine how pressures by the...
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The ecor as global special purpose money: towards a green international monetary system to finance sustainable and just transformation
Countries from the Global South face significant challenges to finance sustainable and just transformation. These challenges primarily stem from the...
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Compliance with IMF conditions and economic growth
Using data for 110 countries and GMM estimations, we examine the effects of IMF programs on economic growth. In addition to the traditional focus on...
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The effects of IMF loan conditions on poverty in the develo** world
Although the International Monetary Fund (IMF) claims that poverty reduction is one of its objectives, some studies show that IMF borrower countries...
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Historical Origins of the International Monetary Fund
In this chapter, originally published in 1976, Kahn offers a vivid reconstruction of the genesis of the IMF and of Keynes’s tireless effort to reach...
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World Bank, IMF, and WTO as Agents of Financial Imperialism
This chapter examines the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as sustainers of international...
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Shadow Banks, the IMF and the Politics of Financial Crisis
This chapter provides a detailed overview of the key features, preferences and objectives of the main actors whose actions can influence the...
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Do Monetary Policy Frameworks Matter in Low-Income Countries?
In recent years, most low-income countries (LICs) have been remarkably successful in reducing inflation to single-digit levels, and many LICS are...
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IMF Programs and Financial Flows to Offshore Centers
This paper examines whether IMF lending is associated with increases in outflows to offshore financial centers (OFCs), known for bank secrecy and...
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The effect of IMF communication on government bond markets: insights from sentiment analysis
This article examines whether the IMF sentiment conveyed by the Regional Economic Outlook (REO) provides new information capable of influencing...
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