The IMF and Economic Development

James Raymond (Yale University, Connecticut) Vreeland

Cambridge University Press, 2003

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This book argues that governments enter IMF programs for economic and political reasons, and finds that the effects are negative. For certain constituencies, IMF policies dampen the effects of bad economic performance by redistributing income. But IMF programs lower growth and shift the income distribution upward.

ISBN-13
9780521016957
ISBN-10
0521016959
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2003
Publication date
2003-03-03
Pages
216
Dimensions
229x152x13
Weight
332