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| | International Monetary Fund - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | That said, the IMF sometimes advocates "austerity programmes," increasing taxes even when the economy is weak, in order to generate government revenue and balance budget deficits, which is the opposite of Keynesian policy. | | | The IMF frequently advocates currency devaluation, criticized by proponents of supply-side economics as inflationary. | | | Many proponents of the IMF contend that some criticisms are the result of the fact that many people are not familiar with the operations and objectives of the IMF, and blame a lack of transparency within the IMF for this, as well as the the dense nature of international finance in general. |
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| | The International Monetary Fund: Outdated, Ineffective, and Unnecessary |
| | The SDR is an international reserve, interest-bearing asset created by the IMF in 1969, and is a unit of account on all IMF transactions. | | | The IMF, however, is often frank about its requirement that recipients reduce the size of their budget deficits. | | | For example, in order to receive an IMF loan, a recipient country may be required to impose a host of specific economic policies, such as balancing its budget, devaluing its currency, maintaining tariff levels, or keeping tax rates high. |
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http://www.heritage.org/Research/InternationalOrganizations/BG1113.cfm
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| | The International Monetary Fund |
| | The quota system amounts to an agreement of hard-currency countries to lend funds to the soft-currency countries, and it ultimately represents a net transfer of funds from citizens of industrialized countries to the debtor nation governments (since the loaned funds are continuously rolled over or re-loaned, and not repaid to the donor country). | | | Although IMF loans have been primarily short term and for the stated purpose of rectifying temporary balance of payments deficits, the Fund has been a de facto supplier of long-term financing to many LDCs. | | | The fact that the IMF loans are "conditionality agreements," which require the debtor nations to adhere to (or at least work toward) specific IMF-mandated policies, is pointed to by some Fund supporters as a crucial function served by the Fund, and one which justifies its existence. |
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| | International Monetary Fund on Encyclopedia.com |
| | IMF was criticized in 1998 for exacerbating the Asian financial crisis, through the fund's decision to require Asian nations to raise their interest rates to record levels. | | | Communique of the International Monetary and Financial Committee of the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund 1. | | | Communique of the International Monetary and Financial Committee of the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund. |
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| | Choike - International Monetary Fund - IMF |
| | IMF membership has grown from the 29 states that joined the Fund in 1945 to the current total of 184 states. | | | Issues addressed include the bailing-out of IMF loans by donor countries, the (mis)use of aid funds for debt relief and repayment of export credits, the need for including domestic debt in assessments of debt sustainability, and the question of whether debt relief should be de-linked from IMF conditionality. | | | Reform is urgent — it is being demanded by the majority of shareholders of both institutions and it is part of the reform agenda of the UN proposed in the UN Secretary General’s report. |
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http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/1729.html
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| | The International Monetary Fund: Challenges and Contradictions |
| | The fund practice of reducing debt by lending to countries that have not yet completed debt renegotiations with their private sector creditors would essentially force losses on private lenders who have so far benefited from bailouts. | | | The International Monetary Fund was established at Bretton Woods in the aftermath of the Great Depression and at the end of World War II, when confidence in a liberal world economy was low. | | | Governments that have received emergency IMF aid since then were not discouraged from maintaining flawed policies as long as lenders kept the capital flowing—which lenders imprudently did with the knowledge that official aid would be used in case of financial troubles. |
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| | Friends of the Earth - Campaigns |
| | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a powerful international institution that provides loans to governments unable to meet their international financial obligations, such as to public and private lenders or to trade partners. | | | The IMF's lack of adequate transparency and accountability means that the IMF can take decisions that suit its major shareholders and powerbrokers rather than ordinary citizens. | | | The IMF is also in charge of monitoring the global economy, ensuring that trade and exchange is occurring smoothly. |
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| | International Monetary Fund's Communique |
| | Over this period, international monetary and financial cooperation was tested by the growing openness of the world economy; the rapid spread of market economy principles throughout much of the world; financial crises of unexpected virulence and scope; and the growing danger of marginalization of the poorest economies. | | | The International Monetary and Financial Committee was established last September at the last IMF meeting as a successor to the Interim Committee. | | | Monetary and fiscal policies will need to remain prudent, and fiscal surplus policies should not be relaxed. |
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| | CNN.com - IMF: U.S. needs to balance budget - Jan. 9, 2004 |
| | The International Monetary Fund has called on the United States to balance its budget over the next five to 10 years, to help ease global imbalances. | | | The IMF paper said moving the budget to balance would put the U.S. in a better position to deal with the massive fiscal pressures it will face as the baby boom generation starts to retire this decade, Reuters news agency reported. | | | In a report on U.S. fiscal policy released Wednesday, IMF economists say there is support for the view that increases in U.S. public debt can have "significant impacts" on global interest rates. |
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http://www.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/01/08/us.imf
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| | International Monetary Fund |
| | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was set up in 1944 at a conference convened in the town of Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, at the end of the Second World War with the original intention of providing short term loans to countries facing shortfalls in foreign currency. | | | A transcript of a telephone conversation between two top Brazilian finance officials in May 1999 showed that the current acting director of the IMF told the finance finance minister to read a planned speech to be given by the Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso, before it was delivered to the public. | | | The IMF even forces countries to reveal local budget to the agency before letting their own elected officials know. |
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http://www.whirledbank.org/imf.html
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| | International Monetary Fund |
| | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was established in 1944 and acts as a monitor of the world's currencies by helping to maintain an orderly system of payments between all countries, and lends money to members who face serious balance of payments deficits. | | | Information is provided on each member country of the fund, detailing their position in the Fund and presenting any statements or papers they have written. | | | Many IMF publications are offered online free of charge, and can be searched by keyword. |
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| | IMF Report on the Economy in the Palestinian Authority |
| | From the inception of the PA, we have been helping in building Palestinian institutions, particularly on the financial side, with a budget, with a Revenue Department, with tax administration. | | | Turning to the fiscal area, the Minister of Finance has been able to prepare and execute budgets, despite these very, very difficult circumstances. | | | We're currently helping the Minister draft an income tax law which is very much in conformity with best international practices. |
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http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/arabs/imfreport.html
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| | The International Monetary Fund - Social and Economic Policy - Global Policy Forum |
| | The International Monetary Fund is a multilateral institution based in Washington that lends money to governments to stabilize currencies and maintain order in international financial markets. | | | A new IMF report concedes that financial liberalization could increase the risk of financial crises in poor countries. | | | After the IMF intensified pressure on Ghana to comply with austerity measures, the impoverished country is facing rapid increases in utility prices and taxes. |
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| | The Alexis de Tocqueville Institution: International Monetary Fund |
| | This series of comprehensive, reliable, and objective reports on the IMF aims to help the Fund, and policy-makers throughout its more than 150 member states, to improve the content of economic policy, the process of its formulation, and the communication of such policies to the global electorate. | | | Its purpose is to provide objective reporting and analysis on the policies and activities of the Fund, and to make this information available to policy-makers and the general public. | | | G7 Passes the Future of Russia to the IMF |
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| | International Monetary Fund (Harpers.org) |
| | The International Monetary Fund published a report warning that the United States' budget and trade deficits threaten to destabilize the entire global economy; Bush Administration officials dismissed the report and said that lots of countries run huge budget deficits. | | | The International Monetary Fund agreed to postpone Argentina's scheduled $1 billion debt payment. | | | The International Monetary Fund called for the destruction of Afghanistan's poppy fields, which supply a $2.5 billion opium export industry. |
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| | IMF International Monetary Fund Moldova Home Page |
| | March 13, 2006 - International Monetary Fund: Moldova - Report on Observance of Standards and Codes - Data Module, Response by the Authorities, and Detailed Assessments Using the DQAF | | | IMF waits for achievements from the Moldovan government | | | February 23, 2005 - IMF Country Report released: Republic of Moldova: Financial System Stability Assessment (including ROSCs on Monetary and Financial Policy Transparency, and on Banking Supervision) |
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| | Global Exchange : Introduction |
| | Created after World War II to help avoid Great Depression-like economic disasters, the World Bank and the IMF are the world's largest public lenders, with the Bank managing a total portfolio of $200 billion and the Fund supplying member governments with money to overcome short-term credit crunches. | | | These strings come in the form of policy prescriptions called "structural adjustment policies." These policies—or SAPs, as they are sometimes called—require debtor governments to open their economies to penetration by foreign corporations, allowing access to the country's workers and environment at bargain basement prices. | | | But the Bank and the Fund are also the world's biggest loan sharks. |
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| | International Monetary Fund - Profile |
| | The IMF is an international organization of 183 member countries, established to promote international monetary cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange arrangements; to foster economic growth and high levels of employment; and to provide temporary financial assistance to countries to help ease balance of payments adjustment. | | | Since the IMF was established in 1946, its purposes have remained unchanged but its operations - which involve surveillance, financial assistance, and technical assistance - have developed to meet the changing needs of its member countries in an evolving world economy. | | | International Monetary Fund, 700 19th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Phone |
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| | 50 Years Is Enough Network: The Institutions |
| | International Monetary Fund (IMF)/WorldBank "debt relief" for poor and indebted countries is a sham | | | Eliminating IMF and World Bank-promoted User Fees for Primary Health and Education | | | The short answer (there will be meetings of the most influential decision-makers in the global economy) |
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| | International Monetary Fund (IMF) Publications |
| | About the IMF IMF at Work IMF Finances Country Info News Publications | | | topical coverage of the IMF's activities, policies, and research | | | articles and book reviews on topics in international economics, finance, and economic development |
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| | International Monetary Fund |
| | Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee The FOMC is the group which conducts buying/selling of government bonds, in order to manage the money supply and target interest rates. | | | World Bank A great collection of international data - everything from national accounts to pollution, health, education or the status of women. | | | Federal Reserve Economic Data The Federal Reserve of St. Louis keeps track of the detailed monetary data, including components of the money supply and various interest rates. |
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http://www.elon.edu/deloach/macro/links.htm
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| | Hoover Institution Public Policy Inquiry: International Monetary Fund Homepage |
| | REFORM PROPOSALS Examine recent proposals to reform the IMF that were offered by major industrial countries and leading scholars. | | | MISSION CREEP Should IMF financing decisions consider human rights, government corruption, geopolitics, social safety nets, and environmental issues in borrowing countries? | | | RECENT FINANCING INITIATIVES Study the pros and cons of recent IMF financing programs in Africa, East Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Russia. |
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| | IMF -- International Monetary Fund Home Page |
| | About the IMF IMF at Work IMF Finances Country Info News Publications | | | Receive emails when we post new items of interest to you. | | | the March issue of the IMF's quarterly magazine looks at growth |
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| | International Monetary Fund |
| | It was established to promote international monetary cooperation, exchange stability and orderly exchange arrangements; to foster economic growth and high levels of employment; and to provide temporary financial assistance to countries to help ease balance of payments adjustment. | | | The International Monetary Fund, IMF, is an international organization of 184 member countries. | | | The Washington Area Model UN Conference is a student run conference hosted by the International Affairs Society of The George Washington University. |
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| | Fondul Monetar International |
| | Numele, marca si emblema FMI constituie copyright al Fondului Monetar International si nu pot fi copiate sau reproduse fara permisiunea expresa a FMI. |
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