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What is the International Monetary Fund? Published: September 14, 2006 Electronic Access: Free Full Text Summary: 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.   Subject(s): Fund role | IMF | International financial system Notes: July 2004 Version also availabe online in Arabic, Chinese, French, Indonesian, Russian, Spanish, Thai   English       Published:   September 14, 2006             ISBN/ISSN:   978-1-58906-533-8   Format:   Paper     Stock No:   WIMFEA2006001   Pages:   24     Price:   Free               Please address any questions about this title to publications@imf.org.