What is the International Monetary Fund?
Pamphlet Series, September 14, 2006
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Bibliographic details
- Published: September 14, 2006
- Series: Pamphlet Series
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589065338.054
Overview
- An introductory guide to the IMF, its history, and its role in the international financial system.
- Explains for a general audience the IMF’s lending policies, how decisions are made, and where the money comes from.
- Gives details of the structure of the IMF, its increasing transparency, how it provides technical assistance to member countries, its role in crisis prevention, and how it is helping the world’s poorest countries.
- Revised in August 2006.
- Publication date listed: September 14, 2006.
Key substantive findings and explanations
- The pamphlet covers the IMF’s:
- Lending policies.
- Decision-making processes.
- Sources of funding.
- Institutional structure.
- Measures to increase transparency.
- Technical assistance to member countries.
- Role in crisis prevention.
- Efforts to help the world’s poorest countries.
Subjects and keywords
- Subjects: Financial crises, Financial institutions, Loans, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction and development, Poverty reduction strategy.
- Keywords: country, EXRP, findings IMF mangement, Global, government, IMF approval, IMF employee, IMF operation, IMF photograph, IMF reviews national, IMF staff mission, IMF survey, IMF team, IMF's unit of account, lending capacity, Loans, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction and development, Poverty reduction strategy.
Formats and access information shown on the landing page
- Available as PDF and other formats on IMF eLibrary.
- Citation example shown (Chicago): International Monetary Fund. What is the International Monetary Fund?, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2006) accessed 9/20/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589065338.054
International Monetary Fund. What is the International Monetary Fund?, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2006) accessed 9/20/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589065338.054
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