{"product_id":"whats-wrong-with-the-imf-and-how-to-fix-it-hardback-9781509509669","title":"What's Wrong With the IMF and How to Fix It (Hardback) 9781509509669","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWhat's Wrong With the IMF and How to Fix It\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBessma Momani (Author), Mark R. Hibben (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509509669, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 3 November 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 15.8 x 3.6 cm, 0.499 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This book draws upon the authors' broad experience to paint a portrait of an institution under challenge and highlights changes that could strengthen the IMF. It should be read by students, policy analysts and officials alike for its timely insights.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThomas A. Bernes, Distinguished Fellow and former President, Centre for International Governance Innovation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"There are some problems no government can fix without cooperation. That's why the IMF is needed. This useful book sets out some of the critiques of the IMF along with ideas about reforms which could help the institution do better.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNgaire Woods, University of Oxford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe IMF stands at a crossroad. Derided as increasingly irrelevant in the first decade of the new millennium, the Fund has had its power and prestige restored by the fallout from the 2008 global financial crisis. But will the resurgent IMF assert a more just and sustainable macroeconomic model and provide a voice for poor and marginalized people around the globe? Or will enduring weaknesses within the IMF mean it fails to address these issues?  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this book, Bessma Momani and Mark R. Hibben dissect the variables and institutional dynamics at play in IMF governance, surveillance, lending, and capacity development to expose the fundamental barriers to change. Identifying four areas that could “fix” the IMF, they show how these genuine and workable solutions can give the IMF the effectiveness and legitimacy it needs to positively shape twenty-first-century global governance and push back against volatile and regressive forces in the international political economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePREFACE\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLIST OF ABBREVIATIONS\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLIST OF FIGURES, TABLES, PLATES\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDEDICATION\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 1: DIAGNOSING THE ILLS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 1: WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE IMF?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 2: GOVERNANCE AND DECISION-MAKING\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 3: SURVEILLANCE\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 4: LENDING AND CONDITIONALITY\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 5: CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 2: FINDING A CURE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 6 DEMOCRATIZE GOVERNANCE AND DECISION MAKING\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 7 DIVERSIFY THE IMF STAFF\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 8 COMMIT TO INCLUSIVE GROWTH\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 9 ENHANCE MULTILATERAL PARTNERSHIPS\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 10 CLOSING THE HYPOCRISY GAP\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eREFERENCES\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eINDEX\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economics%20%5BKC%5D%22\"\u003eKC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52173825245464,"sku":"9781509509669","price":44.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509509669.jpg?v=1781173695","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/whats-wrong-with-the-imf-and-how-to-fix-it-hardback-9781509509669","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}