Money Talks: The International Monetary Fund, Conditionality and Supplementary Financiers

Money Talks argues that, contrary to conventional explanations, the changes in the terms of International Monetary Fund (IMF) conditionality agreements are best explained by shifts in the sources for borrowing state financing. The Fund regularly relies on external financing to supplement its loans to countries facing payment imbalances. As a result, these supplementary financiers are able to exercise leverage over the Fund and the design of its conditionality programs.

The book's conclusions are supported by rich empirical material gathered directly from the IMF archives, including descriptive statistics and statistical analyses using an original data set, which is the first to code the terms of the 249 Fund conditionality agreements from 1952--when Fund conditionality began--to 1995, as well as case studies substantiated with archival and interview evidence.

Author: Erica R. Gould
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 07/26/2006
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.34w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9780804752794

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2006 pg. 140

About the Author
Erica Gould is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Virginia.