Who's in Charge? : Ownership and Conditionality in IMF-Supported Programs /

IMF lending is conditional on a country's commitment to carry out an agreed program of economic policies. Unless that commitment is genuine and broadly held, the likelihood of implementation will be poor. Is there a conflict between national commitment and conditional finance? Are national auth...

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Autor principal: Boughton, James
Formato: Revista
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Colección:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/191
Acceso en línea:Full text available on IMF
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