Contributions

  • International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, and Review Department - Contributor

Publication

2009 - International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C, District of Columbia

Language

English

Word Count

12,000 words, Guess

Page Count

48 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101589069307
  • ISBN-139781589069305
  • Library of Congress Control Number2010398658
  • OCLC Control Number605871926
  • Better World Books9781589069305
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCHC60 .C69 2009
  • LCCHG229

Description

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. This publication 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.--Publisher's description.

Subjects

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  • Creating policy space in low-income countries during the recent crisesInternational Monetary Fund2009-01-01

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