Evaluating the effect of IMF lending to low-income countries

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 495-526

  Dicks Mireaux, Louis ^a   Mecagni, Mauro ^a   Schadler, Susan ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditionality; International Monetary Fund; Stabilization programs

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; IMF; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0034104150     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(00)00066-3     Document Type: Article

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