Society: Issues: Economic: International: Bretton_Woods_Institutions: International_Monetary

Society: Issues: Economic: International: Bretton_Woods_Institutions: International_Monetary_Fund

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Society: Government: Multilateral: International Monetary Fund (2)

Hoover Institution Public Policy Inquiry: International Monetary Fund
- International Monetary Fund: Facts, policies, research and perspectives on the IMF. An impressive site dedicated to examining the IMF and policies concerning it, containing articles both supporting and attacking the organization and its roles.

Asking the Right Questions About the IMF
The authors of this essay argue that the issue is not so much what the IMF should do, but what needs to be done and who can best do the job.

Debt And Dependency Are The IMF Legacy
Doug Bandow of the Cato Institute says that the IMF has failed to promote self-sustaining economic growth anywhere in the world. Instead, it has left debt and dependency in its wake.

IMF and Structural Adjustment Policies
The IMF and World Bank structural adjustment policies have led to a spiraling race to the bottom for the developing countries that have followed their prescriptions, which require cutbacks on health, education and so on. Poverty as a result has soared.

IMF, Capital, and Us: The Economics of Imperialism
Is the IMF just a tool of the MultiNational Corporation?

IMF's Four Steps to Damnation
Short article based on interview with Joseph Stiglitz, former chief economist of the World Bank, now an outspoken critic of World Bank-style globalisation.

The Insider: What I Learned at the World Economic Crisis
Article by Joseph Stiglitz, former Chief Economist at the World Bank, attacking free market dogma IMF-style - which he says is out of touch with reality.

International Financial Institutions Research Site
This site lists research materials on the international financial institutions, and in particular, the IMF and the World Bank. These lists are titles and publication info of print media, NOT links to articles themselves.

The International Monetary Fund: Outdated, Ineffective, and Unnecessary
An May 1997 backgrounder by the Heritage Institute's Bryan T. Johnson, which covers much of the history and criticism of the IMF.

Top Ten Reasons to Oppose the IMF
The New Eagle offers a list of potential problems.

United States - Capitalism's Controversial Clean-Up Crew
An article examining the IMF's pros and cons, including some history and perspective.

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