IMF: Books and Monographs

Bandow, Doug, and Ian Vasquez (eds.). 1994. Perpetuating Poverty: The World Bank, the IMF, and the Developing World. Washington, DC: Cato Institute.

Bird, Graham. 1995. IMF Lending to Developing Countries: Issues and Evidence. London and New York: Routledge.

Bird, Graham. 2003. The IMF and the Future: Issues and Options Facing the Fund. London: Routledge.

Bordo, Michael D. and Barry Eichengreen (eds.) 1993. A Retrospective on the Bretton Woods System: Lessons for International Monetary Reform. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press.

Boughton, James and K. Sarwar Lateef. 1995. Fifty Years After Bretton Woods: The Future of the IMF and the World Bank. Washington, DC: IMF and World Bank Group.

Bredenkamp, Hugh and Susan Schadler. 1999. Economic Adjustment and Reform in Low-Income Countries. (ESAF Review Background Paper.) Washington, DC: IMF.

Buira, Ariel. 2003. Challenges to the World Bank and IMF: Developing Country Perspectives. London: Anthem Press.

Cavanaugh, John, Daphne Wysham and Marcos Arruda (eds.) 1994. Beyond Bretton Woods: Alternatives to the Global Economic Order. London: Pluto Press.

Danaher, Kevin (ed.) 1994. Fifty Years Is Enough: The Case Against the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Boston: South End Press.

David, Wilfred L. 1985. The IMF Policy Paradigm. New York: Praeger.

De Gregorio, José, Barry Eichengreen, Takatoshi Ito and Charles Wyplosz. 1999. An Independent and Accountable IMF. Geneva and London: International Center for Monetary and Banking Studies and Centre for Economic Policy Research.

Ergin, Evren. 1999. Determinants and Consequences of International Monetary Fund Programs. PhD. dissertation. Stanford University.

Finch, C. David. 1989. The IMF: The Record and the Prospect. Essay in International Finance No. 175. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University.

Fischer, Stanley. 2004. IMF Essays from a Time of Crisis. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Fratianni, Michele, Paolo Savona and John J. Kirton. 2002. Governing Global Finance: New Challenges, G7 and IMF Contributions. Aldershot, U.K. and Burlington, VT. Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate.

Guitián, Manuel. 1992. The Unique Nature of the Responsibilities of the International Monetary Fund. Pamphlet Series No. 46. Washington, DC: IMF.

Gwin, Catherine, Richard E. Feinberg and contributors. 1989. Pulling Together: The International Monetary Fund in a Multipolar World. New Brunswick, NJ and Oxford, UK: Transaction Books.

International Financial Institution Advisory Commission. 2000. Report of the International Financial Institution Advisory Commission. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

International Monetary Fund. 1987. Theoretical Aspects of the Design of Fund-Supported Adjustment Programs. IMF Occasional Paper No. 55. Washington, DC: IMF.

International Monetary Fund. 1997. The ESAF at Ten Years. IMF Occasional Paper No. 156. Washington, DC: IMF.

International Monetary Fund. 1998. External Evaluation of the ESAF: Report by a Group of Independent Experts. Washington, DC: IMF.

Kenen, Peter. 1986. Financing, Adjustment, and the International Monetary Fund. Washington, DC: Brookings.

Kenen, Peter (ed.). 1994. Managing the World Economy: Fifty Years after Bretton Woods. Washington, DC: Institute for International Economics.

Kenen, Peter B. 2001. The International Financial Architecture: What's New? What's Missing? Washington, DC: Institute for International Economics.

Killick, Tony (ed.) and contributors. 1984. The IMF and Stabilization: Developing Country Experiences. New York: St. Martin's Press.

Killick, Tony (ed.) and contributors. 1984. The Quest for Economic Stabilization: The IMF and the Third World. New York: St. Martin's Press.

Killick, Tony. 1995. IMF Programmes in Developing Countries. London and New York: Routledge.

Killick, Tony. 1998. Aid and the Political Economy of Policy Change. London and New York: Routledge.

Lane, Timothy, Atish Ghosh, Javier Hamann, Steven Phillips, Marianne Schultze-Ghattas and Tsidi Tsikata. 1999. IMF-Supported Programs in Indonesia, Korea and Thailand: A Preliminary Assessment. IMF Occasional Paper No. 178. Washington, DC: IMF.

Loxley, John. 1984. The IMF and the Poorest Countries. Ottawa: North-South Institute.

Masson, Paul R. and Michael Mussa. 1995. The Role of the IMF: Financing and Its Interactions with Adjustment and Surveillance. IMF Pamphlet Series No. 50. Washington, DC: IMF.

McQuillan, Lawrence J. and Peter C. Montgomery. 1999. The International Monetary Fund: Financial Medic to the World? Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution.

Mikesell, Raymond F. 1994. The Bretton Woods Debates: A Memoir. Essay in International Finance No. 192. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University.

Overseas Development Council. 2000. The Future Role of the IMF in Development. ODC Task Force Report. Washington, DC: Overseas Development Council.

Pastor, Manuel, Jr. 1987. The International Monetary Fund and Latin America: Economic Stabilization and Class Conflict. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Polak, Jacques J. 1991. The Changing Nature of IMF Conditionality. Essay in International Finance No. 184. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University.

Polak, Jacques J. 1999. Streamlining the Financial Structure of the International Monetary Fund. Essay in International Finance No. 216. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University.

Schadler, Susan, Adam Bennett, Maria Carkovic, Louis Dicks-Mireaux, Mauro Mecagni, James H. J. Morsink and Miguel A. Savastano. 1995. IMF Conditionality: Experience Under Stand-By and Extended Arrangements. Part I: Key Issues and Findings. Part II: Background Papers. IMF Occasional Papers No. 128 and No. 129. Washington, DC: IMF.

Schadler, Susan, Franek Rozwadowski, Siddharth Tiwari and David O. Robinson. 1993. Economic Adjustment in Low-Income Countries: Experience Under the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility. IMF Occasional Paper No. 106. Washington, DC: IMF.

Southard, Frank A., Jr. 1979. The Evolution of the International Monetary Fund. Essay in International Finance No. 135. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University.

Stiles, Kendall W. 1991. Negotiating Debt: The IMF Lending Process. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Stone, Randall W. 2002. Lending Credibility: The International Monetary Fund and the post-Communist Transition. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Vines, David and Christopher Gilbert. 2004. The IMF and its Critics: Reform of the Global Financial Architecture. Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press.

Vreeland, James Raymond. 2003. The IMF and Economic Development. Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press.

Vreeland, James Raymond. 2007. The International Monetary Fund: Politics of Conditional Lending. New York: Routledge.

Williamson, John. 1983. IMF Conditionality. Washington, DC: Institute for International Economics.

World Bank. 2002. Civil Service Reform: Strengthening World Bank and IMF Collaboration. Washington, D.C.: World Bank.

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