Limits on streamlining Fund conditionality: The International Monetary Fund's organizational culture

Journal of International Relations and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 142-163

  Momani, Bessma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conditionality; Country ownership; International Monetary Fund (IMF); Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONALITY; IMF; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

EID: 19644392539     PISSN: 14086980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jird.1800053     Document Type: Article

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