International Monetary Fund Handbook: Its Functions, Policies, and Operations

By Parmeshwar Ramlogan, Bernhard Fritz-Krockow

April 13, 2007

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Parmeshwar Ramlogan, and Bernhard Fritz-Krockow. International Monetary Fund Handbook: Its Functions, Policies, and Operations, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2007) accessed December 21, 2024

Summary

This paper describes the functions, policies, and operations of the IMF. The IMF is an independent international organization, and is a cooperative of 185 member countries, whose objective is to promote world economic stability and growth. The member countries are the shareholders of the cooperative, providing the capital of the IMF through quota subscriptions. In return, the IMF provides its members with macroeconomic policy advice, financing in times of balance-of-payments need, and technical assistance and training to improve national economic management.

Subject: 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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Pages:

112
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Manuals & Guides
Stock No:

IMFEA2007001
ISBN:

9781589066250
ISSN:

2663-3744

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