Bailouts sponsored by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are famous for their conditionality: in return for … finding a measure of political importance that is not plagued by endogeneity and obtaining data on IMF conditionality. We … available dataset on the level of conditionality attached to (a maximum of) 314 IMF arrangements with 101 countries over the …

Does policy conditionality worsen domestic welfare, as governments are forced to attempt unpopular reforms resulting in … damaging protests, or does conditionality help implement reforms that otherwise would have been impossible? This paper analyzes …

This paper assesses whether conditionality in IMF-supported programs has helped offset the potential negative effect of …-income countries-shows that growing use of revenue conditionality by low-income countries partially offsets the depressing effect of … foreign grants on tax revenue, particularly on taxes on goods and services. The impact of conditionality is strong in …

While the consequences and effectiveness of IMF conditionality have long been the focus of research, the possible … negative impact of IMF conditionality on countries' willingness to ask for an IMF programme - often termed "IMF stigma" - has … never had an IMF programme, we include neighbours' past IMF conditionality. Our results indicate strong learning from own …