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Standing in the Way of Development? A Critical Survey of the IMF’s Crisis Response in Low-Income Countries (No. 31)

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USD 10.00 Publisher: TWN
ISBN: 978-967-5412-60-8
Year: 2011
No. of pages: 96
Size of book: 14.5cm x 21cm
Author: Elisa Van Waeyenberge, Hannah Ba
About the Book

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has been criticised for the rigid economic policy conditionalities attached to its lending programmes, says it now provides borrower states greater flexibility to adopt expansionary policies. Standing in the Way of Development? assesses this claim in the context of the IMF’s central role in dealing with the effects of the global financial crisis in low-income countries (LICs).

This paper evaluates the general macroeconomic policy scheme promoted by the Fund and closely examines the nature of its engagement during the crisis in a representative sample of 13 LICs. The authors find that, despite some relaxation of policy restraints, the IMF essentially remains wedded to its longstanding prioritisation of price stability and low fiscal deficits over other macroeconomic goals.

Such a policy stance, it is argued, could undermine not only LICs’ prospects for a quick recovery from the crisis but also their longer-term development outlook. In light of this, this paper outlines the broad contours of an alternative macroeconomic policy framework geared towards supporting long-run equitable growth and poverty reduction.


About the Author

ELISA VAN WAEYENBERGE is a lecturer in the Economics Department at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. HANNAH BARGAWI is a Research Officer at the Centre for Development Policy and Research, SOAS. TERRY McKINLEY is the Director of the Centre for Development Policy and Research, SOAS.


Contents

Foreword    

Executive summary
  1. THE IMF: THE GREAT WINNER OF THE GLOBAL CRISIS
  2. LICs AND THE ‘TWIN CRISES’: MISFORTUNES ALWAYS COME IN THREES
  3. THE FUND’S RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS IN LICs    
  4. OLD HABITS DIE HARD: NEW FUND, SAME OLD POLICIES?
  5. TOWARDS AN ALTERNATIVE MACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORK
  6. CONCLUSION

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