TY - BOOK ID - 84541763 TI - From Suez to Tequila : The IMF As Crisis Manager PY - 1997 SN - 1462324738 1452714932 1283559005 1451897227 9786613871459 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Banks and Banking KW - Exports and Imports KW - Financial Risk Management KW - Money and Monetary Policy KW - International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions KW - International Lending and Debt Problems KW - International Policy Coordination and Transmission KW - Financial Crises KW - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General KW - Current Account Adjustment KW - Short-term Capital Movements KW - International Investment KW - Long-term Capital Movements KW - Banks KW - Depository Institutions KW - Micro Finance Institutions KW - Mortgages KW - Economic & financial crises & disasters KW - International economics KW - Monetary economics KW - Banking KW - Financial crises KW - Credit KW - Balance of payments need KW - Capital outflows KW - Money KW - Balance of payments KW - Current account deficits KW - Capital movements KW - Banks and banking KW - Mexico UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84541763 AB - The IMF was established in 1944 in part to “give confidence” to member countries by providing short-term credits. Although the intention was that the availability of the Fund’s resources should prevent countries from experiencing financial crises, in practice the institution often has found itself helping its members cope with crises after they occur. This paper examines how the role of the IMF as crisis manager has evolved over time, from its earliest loans to the exchange crisis that hit Mexico in December 1994. It argues that the defining moment for this role was the international debt crisis of 1982. ER -