01985cas a2200217 a 4500 AALejournalIMF012930 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 50.00 USD 9781589063617 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Rebucci, Alessandro. IMF-Supported Programs : Recent Staff Research / Alessandro Rebucci, Ashoka Mody. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006. 1 online resource (292 pages) <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 Research work by the IMF's staff on the effectiveness of the country programs the organization supports, which has long been carried out, has intensified in recent years. IMF analysts have sought to 'open up the black box' by more closely examining program design and implementation, as well as how these influence programs' effectiveness. Their efforts have also focused on identifying the lending, signaling, and monitoring features of the IMF that may affect member countries' economic performance. This book reports on a large portion of both the new and the continuing research. It concludes that IMF programs work best where domestic politics and institutions permit the timely implementation of the necessary measures and when a country is vulnerable to, but not yet in, a crisis. It points to the need for a wider recognition of the substantial diversity among IMF member countries and for programs to be tailored accordingly while broadly maintaining the IMF's general principle of uniformity of treatment. Mode of access: Internet Mody, Ashoka. Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/books/072/03432-9781589063617-en/03432-9781589063617-en-book.xml IMF e-Library