Introduction -- Who controls the IMF? -- Domestic interests and IMF programs -- The impact of the shareholders on IMF programs -- Testing the argument -- IMF lending -- IMF lending and the crisis in Europe -- IMF conditionality -- IMF conditionality and the Asian crisis -- Theory, evidence and...

The IMF, LIDC reform and the post-Washington consensus -- The IMF and LIDCs -- Theorizing post-Washington consensus LIDC reform -- The HIPC and HIPC II initiatives -- 'Pro-poor' concessionary lending : the PRGF -- Deepening the IMF's development model : the ECF, RCF, and SCF reform -- Conclusion