The IMF's role in structural adjustment

Economic Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 459, 1999, Pages 634-651

  Collier, Paul ^a   Gunning, Jan Willem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMF; REFORM PROCESS; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0033378390     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00475     Document Type: Article

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