Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Fischer, Stanley

Titel

Applied Economics in Action: IMF Programs

Ist Teil von

• The American economic review, 1997-05, Vol.87 (2), p.23-27

Ort / Verlag

Nashville: American Economic Association

Erscheinungsjahr

1997

Quelle

EBSCOhost Business Source Ultimate

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Among the purposes of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) set out in the first Article of Agreement is to give confidence to members by making the general resources of the Fund available to them under adequate safeguards. Sixty-one members countries are currently in programs with the IMF that allow them to borrow, subject to agreed-upon conditions on their economic policies. In many countries, the IMF program is the critical element in macroeconomic policy, and adherence to the program is in many cases a prerequisite to obtaining other public and private loans. An introduction is provided to IMF programs and the economic and political economy issues associated with them.