International Monetary Fund Handbook: Its Functions, Policies, and Operations
Manuals & Guides, April 13, 2007
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Bibliographic details
- Authors: Parmeshwar Ramlogan, Bernhard Fritz-Krockow
- Published: April 13, 2007
- Series: Manuals & Guides
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589066250.069
Overview and Core Functions
- The IMF is an independent international organization and a cooperative of 185 member countries.
- Objective: to promote world economic stability and growth.
- Member countries provide the capital of the IMF through quota subscriptions.
- In return, the IMF provides:
- Macroeconomic policy advice.
- Financing in times of balance-of-payments need.
- Technical assistance and training to improve national economic management.
Summary (from the publication)
- This paper describes the functions, policies, and operations of the IMF.
- The IMF is described as providing macroeconomic policy advice, financing in times of balance-of-payments need, and technical assistance and training.
Subjects and Keywords
- Subjects: Asset and liability management, Balance of payments, Balance of payments need, Credit, Debt relief, Money, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy.
- Keywords: Africa, Asia and Pacific, Balance of payments need, country, Credit, Debt relief, Europe, financing, fund quota, Global, Liberia's voting rights, M&G, Mexico's quota, Middle East, Middle East and Central Asia, policy, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, quotas of China, resolution No. 61-5, Zimbabwe's voting rights.
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- The landing page references:
- Manuals & Guides section.
- IMF eLibrary with over 25,000 IMF publications in multiple formats.
- IMF Publications Newsletter (monthly).
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