02034cas a2200289 a 4500 AALejournalIMF008357 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451842531 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Mourmouras, Alex. What Determines the Implementation of IMF-Supported Programs? / Alex Mourmouras, Anna Ivanova, George Anayotos, Wolfgang Mayer. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003. 1 online resource (47 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper assesses the implementation of IMF-supported programs using measures of program interruptions, compliance with conditionality, and the share of committed funds disbursed. The econometric model allows an evaluation of the importance for program implementation of political conditions in borrowing countries, IMF effort, conditionality, as well as initial and external conditions. The paper concludes that program implementation depends primarily on borrowing countries' domestic political economy. Strong special interests, political instability, inefficient bureaucracies, lack of political cohesion, and ethno-linguistic divisions weaken program implementation. IMF effort, the extent and structure of conditionality, and initial and external conditions do not materially influence program prospects. Mode of access: Internet United States imf Anayotos, George. Ivanova, Anna. Mayer, Wolfgang. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/008 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2003/008/001.2003.issue-008-en.xml IMF e-Library