International Monetary Fund (Bretton Woods Institutions)

International Monetary Fund Sites:

Top Ten Reasons to Oppose the IMF Top Ten Reasons to Oppose the IMF: The New Eagle offers a list of potential problems. (International Monetary Fund) http://www.geocities.com/walrus95482/eagle2.html IMF's Four Steps to Damnation IMF's Four Steps to Damnation: Short article based on interview with Joseph Stiglitz, former chief economist of the World Bank, now an outspoken critic of World Bank-style globalisation. (International Monetary Fund) http://www.zmag.org/ParEcon/palastimf.htm United States - Capitalism's Controversial Clean-Up Crew United States - Capitalism's Controversial Clean-Up Crew: An article examining the IMF's pros and cons, including some history and perspective. (International Monetary Fund) http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1998/01/15/us/us.5.html The Insider: What I Learned at the World Economic Crisis The Insider: What I Learned at the World Economic Crisis: Article by Joseph Stiglitz, former Chief Economist at the World Bank, attacking free market dogma IMF-style - which he says is out of touch with reality. (International Monetary Fund) http://www.brook.edu/views/articles/stiglitz/20000417.htm Hoover Institution Public Policy Inquiry: International Monetary Fund Hoover Institution Public Policy Inquiry: International Monetary Fund: International Monetary Fund: Facts, policies, research and perspectives on the IMF. An impressive site dedicated to examining the IMF and policies concerning it, containing articles both supporting and attacking the organization and its roles. (International Monetary Fund) http://www.imfsite.org/default.htm Asking the Right Questions About the IMF Asking the Right Questions About the IMF: The authors of this essay argue that the issue is not so much what the IMF should do, but what needs to be done and who can best do the job. (International Monetary Fund) http://minneapolisfed.org/pubs/ar/1998/ar1998.cfm International Financial Institutions Research Site International Financial Institutions Research Site: This site lists research materials on the international financial institutions, and in particular, the IMF and the World Bank. These lists are titles and publication info of print media, NOT links to articles themselves. (International Monetary Fund) http://www.wellesley.edu/Economics/IFI IMF and Structural Adjustment Policies IMF and Structural Adjustment Policies: The IMF and World Bank structural adjustment policies have led to a spiraling race to the bottom for the developing countries that have followed their prescriptions, which require cutbacks on health, education and so on. Poverty as a result has soared. (International Monetary Fund) http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/SAP.asp Centre Jouffroy Centre Jouffroy: Describes a proposed instrument for the new international monetary architecture: the New Bancor, a non-national indexed IMF issued world currency. (International Monetary Fund) http://www.centre-jouffroy.com/ The International Monetary Fund: Outdated, Ineffective, and Unnecessary The International Monetary Fund: Outdated, Ineffective, and Unnecessary: An May 1997 backgrounder by the Heritage Institute's Bryan T. Johnson, which covers much of the history and criticism of the IMF. (International Monetary Fund) http://www.heritage.org/Research/InternationalOrganizations/BG1113.cfm Debt And Dependency Are The IMF Legacy Debt And Dependency Are The IMF Legacy: Doug Bandow of the Cato Institute says that the IMF has failed to promote self-sustaining economic growth anywhere in the world. Instead, it has left debt and dependency in its wake. (International Monetary Fund) http://www.cato.org/dailys/4-23-98.html IMF, Capital, and Us: The Economics of Imperialism IMF, Capital, and Us: The Economics of Imperialism: Is the IMF just a tool of the MultiNational Corporation? (International Monetary Fund) http://www.igc.org/trac/feature/india/globalization/sanskriti.html