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This work argues that governments enter IMF programs for economic & political reasons, and finds the effects are negative. For certain constituencies, IMF policies dampen the effects of bad economic performance by redistributing income. IMF programs lower growth & shift income distribution upward.Vreeland, James R. is the author of 'Imf and Economic Development', published 2003 under ISBN 9780521016957 and ISBN 0521016959.
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