A review of recent quantitative studies on the International Monetary Fund reveals that much
of the conventional wisdom is incorrect. Recent studies have demonstrated a new degree of …

A central issue in the debate about a new international financial architecture has been
whether programs of policy reform supported by the International Monetary Fund work. The …

Rising powers often seek to reshape the world order, triggering confrontations with those
who seek to defend the status quo. In recent years, as international institutions have grown …

IMF loans react to economic conditions but are also sensitive to political-economy variables.
Loans tend to be larger and more frequent when a country has a bigger quota and more …

Analysis of adjustment loans often overlooks their repetition to the same country. Repetition
changes the nature of the selection problem. None of the top 20 recipients of repeated …

We investigate whether temporary members of the United Nations Security Council receive
favorable treatment from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) using panel data for 197 …

In this paper, we analyze whether International Monetary Fund (IMF) conditionality is
exclusively designed to be in line with observable economic indicators or whether it is partly …

This is a clear and concise introduction to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and an
overview of its debates and controversies. Where did the IMF come from? What does it do …

Using panel data for 188 countries over the 1970–2008 period, this paper analyzes
empirically the influence of the IMF and the World Bank on voting patterns in the UN General …

Every year, billions of dollars of environmental aid flow from the rich governments of the
North to the poor governments of the South. Why do donors provide this aid? What do they …