01990cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF011017 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 20.00 USD 9781589069305 2616-5333 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Dudine, Paolo. Creating Policy Space in Low-Income Countries during the Recent Crises / Paolo Dudine, Sibabrata Das, Pritha Mitra, Yongzheng Yang. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010. 1 online resource (54 pages) Departmental 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 Low-income countries were hit especially hard by sharp increases in world food and fuel prices in 2007-08 and the global financial crisis that followed. In response, the International Monetary Fund scaled up its financial assistance to low-income countries and revamped its concessional lending facilities to make them more flexible in meeting the diverse needs of these countries. Creating Policy Space in Low-Income Countries during the Recent Crises assesses empirically the outcome of the IMF response, and provides insight into how IMF-supported programs in low-income countries have been adapted to the changing economic circumstances in these countries. The authors report that these programs have provided expanded policy space in the face of the global price shocks and financial crisis. Mode of access: Internet Das, Sibabrata. Mitra, Pritha. Yang, Yongzheng. Departmental Papers; Departmental Paper ; No. 2010/002 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/087/2010/002/087.2010.issue-002-en.xml IMF e-Library