IMF Bailout

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This paper begins by introducing the history of the IMF and its basic characteristics. It then looks at when the IMF takes action in a country and what the "bailout" policy involves. It discusses the conditions of the agreement, what the money is used for, and how this effects the country's population. The paper then examines the IMF's success rate and its overall impact in the international economic arena.

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"After World War II, the need for an organization like the IMF was finally realized. After the war, politicians and economists began to work on blue prints for a postwar world. They envisioned a liberal international economic order, based on stable world currencies and revived world trade. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) finally came into existence on December 27, 1945. On this date, twenty-nine countries signed its charter when meeting at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. On March 1, 1947 the IMF came into financial operations.(1) The IMF was established to promote internal monetary cooperation through a permanent institution, which provides consultation and collaboration for international monetary problems. Also, it provides temporary financial assistance to countries under adequate safeguards to help ease balance of payments adjustments. In addition, it facilitates the expansion and balanced growth of internal trade. Many critics and even followers of the IMF do not even know what the IMF really is. It is not a development or even a central bank. It is a credit union. It pays interests on deposits it receives from member nations.(1)"

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