Should it be curtains for some of the IMF's lending windows?

Review of International Organizations

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 281-299

  Bird, Graham ^a   Rowlands, Dane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

IMF lending facilities

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EID: 34548204969     PISSN: 15597431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11558-006-9007-5     Document Type: Article

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