IMF and economic reform in developing countries

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-26

  Abbott, Philip ^a   Andersen, Thomas Barnebeck ^b   Tarp, Finn ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Economic growth; IMF programs; Structural conditionality

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149086827     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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