Wei, Shang-Jin; Zhang, Zhiwei - In: Journal of Development Economics 92 (2010) 1, pp. 71-81
Trade reform conditions are common in IMF supported programs. Of the 99 countries that had IMF programs during 1993-2003, 77 had trade reform conditions in their programs. Since the WTO has not been found especially effective in promoting trade openness for most developing countries, it is of...