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Reforming the IMF: Lessons from Modern Central Banking

2008
The authors examine the institutional and governance framework of modern central banks to determine whether there are lessons that can be applied to the International Monetary Fund's (IMF's) institutional framework. Such a comparison is appealing for two reasons.
Maier, Philipp, Santor, Eric
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IMF programs and reforms — inhibition or encouragement?

Economics Letters, 2007
Abstract We analyze the impact of International Monetary Fund (IMF) programs on market-oriented reforms. Employing panel data for 116 countries over the period 1970–2000 we find that the net effect of IMF programs on reforms is negative.
Axel Dreher, Sarah M. Rupprecht
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Reforming the IMF's Lending-into-Arrears Framework

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2008
Episodes of sovereign default are typically associated with significant economic costs. The International Monetary Fund can help to mitigate these costs in a variety of ways, including by lending into arrears. Careful design of the broad policy framework governing the Fund’s involvement can help to ensure it has the maximum beneficial impact, without ...
Paul Bedford, Gregor Irwin
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A lost opportunity for IMF reform?

2011
The International Monetary Fund executive board will complete interviews of the two leading candidates to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn this week, with the aim of picking a new managing director by June 30. Mexican central bank chief Agustin Carstens fronted the board overnight, promising a consensus-building approach to running the institution.
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Reform of the IMF and World Bank

1995
Today, I will focus mainly on the IMF and the bipartisan, majority proposals for reform and change. These proposals have been publicly available for more than a month. I am pleased to note that they have attracted considerable attention including favorable editorials in many leading newspapers at home and abroad.
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Lebanese politics will inhibit IMF-sought reforms

Emerald Expert Briefings
Headline LEBANON: Politics will inhibit IMF-sought reforms
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Reform of IMF Conditionality

Journal of International Economic Law, 2005
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IMF Voting Reform: Need, Opportunity and Options [PDF]

, 2007
The IMF’s economically-weighted voting system gives rise to a major asymmetry of political power, both directly and indirectly, and to serious systemic inertia. The increasing financial pressure on the Fund, a credible “walk-away” threat by “emerging market” economies, and the potential for effective domestic pressure in developed countries together ...
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ANGOLA: IMF Assesses Reforms

Africa Research Bulletin: Economic, Financial and Technical Series, 2014
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Reform of the IMF and World Bank

World Economics Journal, 2007
Reform of the IMF and World Bank has been the focus of discussion since the middle of the last decade when efforts began to adapt the two institutions to deal with new problems of financial globalization associated with a series of financial crises among emerging markets.
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