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Balance of Payments Adjustment, 1945 to 1986: The IMF Experience

Author/Editor:

Margaret Garritsen De Vries

Publication Date:

March 15, 1987

Summary:

Written by Margaret Garritsen de Vries, former Historian of the IMF, the book describes the policies and activities the IMF has pursued in helping members achieve balane of payments adjustment. Separate treatment is given to industrial and developing countries, since their balance of payments problems have differed. As examples, Japan, France, the United Kingdom, Colombia, and Mexico as discussed.

Series:

Books

Subject:

Adjustment process Balance of payments Balance of payments deficits Current account deficits Exchange rates Exports Foreign exchange International trade

Notes:

Reprinted January 1988.