Politics of the world economy

Tutorial presentation28 January 2016

Beatrice Irullo

“IMF lending to developing countries is politically biased”.

Discuss.

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Bibilography (1)

• Bird, G. (1995), IMF lending to developing countries - issues and evidence, Routledge.

• Bird, G. and Rowlands, D. (2001), “IMF lending: how is it affected by economic, political and institutional factors?”, Policy reform, 24, 243-270.

• Killick, T. (1995), IMF programmes in developing countries – design and impact, Routledge.

• Stone, R. W. (2004), “The political economy of IMF lending in Africa”, The American political science review, 98 (4), 577-591.

Bibilography (2)

• Thacker, S. C. (1999), “The high politics of IMF lending”, World politics, 52 (1), 38-75.

• Vreeland, J. R. (2003), “Why do governments and the IMF enter into agreements? Statistically selected cases, International political science review/revue internationale de science politique, 24 (3), 321-343.

• Vreeland, J. R. (2007), The International Monetary Fund - politics of conditionality lending, Routledge.