Using panel data for 157 countries over the period 1999-2005 we empirically investigate the politics involved in IMF … find inflation forecasts are systematically biased downwards for countries with greater IMF loans outstanding relative to … GDP, indicating that the IMF engages in “defensive forecasting.” Countries with a fixed exchange rate regime also receive …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has played an important role in restructuring the Korean economy over the past … three years. Relying upon survey data collected in 1998 and 1999, this paper explores the role of the IMF in Korea, as … perceived by its citizens. In the eyes of the Korean people, the IMF helped their economy to recover from the crisis. However …

By examining the Fund's views about macroeconomic stability, the effectiveness of IMF-supported stabilization programs …, and Turkey's macroeconomic policies, this paper demonstrates that both the IMF and Turkey share the responsibility for the … programs from the IMF despite the overall lack of implementation of the Fund's conditionality may be consistent with the …

We consider some of the implications of a proposed reform of the voting system of the IMF in which EU countries cease …. Using voting power analysis we show that the reform could be very beneficial for the governance of the IMF, enhancing the …

Drawing on recent research, this study elaborates on the role of the IMF in support of its lowincome members, pointing … financial institution, an information provider, and a commitment device. The IMF assists low-income members through a range of … building. The study reviews the features of IMF policies towards its low-income membership and points to the main challenges to …

tools – the Project Management System, a logical framework methodology that the IMF Statistics Department uses to plan …

This paper finds that reforms introduced by the IMF to promote transparency have created more informed markets and …-stage least squares to address any endogeneity in the timing of reforms exploiting internal IMF timetables that are unrelated to … following publication of IMF country documents. …