The IMF and the Future

Bringing together an array of articles, this excellent new book will be required reading for anyone with a serious interest in development studies as well as being an eye-opening read for policy makers involved in the IMF.
The International Monetary Fund has been criticized 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 book starts with a historical background tracing the evolution of the IMF, before going on to cover such themes as: the circumstances under which countries turn to the IMF; the various aspects of IMF conditionality; institutional issues such as lending facilities and how the fund is resourced; and the political economy of IMF issues.