TY - BOOK ID - 84656623 TI - Finance & Development, December 1988. AU - International Monetary Fund. AU - International Monetary Fund PY - 1988 SN - 1463986327 1463986319 1616353759 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Banks and Banking KW - Exports and Imports KW - Finance: General KW - Macroeconomics KW - Taxation KW - Public Finance KW - Trade Policy KW - International Trade Organizations KW - General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data) KW - Trade: General KW - International Investment KW - Long-term Capital Movements KW - Banks KW - Depository Institutions KW - Micro Finance Institutions KW - Mortgages KW - Agriculture: General KW - International economics KW - Finance KW - Public finance & taxation KW - Investment & securities KW - Export credits KW - Trade barriers KW - Stock markets KW - Foreign direct investment KW - Tariffs KW - International trade KW - Financial markets KW - Balance of payments KW - Capital markets KW - Exports KW - Export credit KW - Commercial policy KW - Stock exchanges KW - Investments, Foreign KW - China, People's Republic of UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84656623 AB - This paper describes the effect of IMF-supported adjustment programs on the poor. The paper highlights that IMF-supported adjustment programs have often been misunderstood and have been criticized for seeking excessive reductions in aggregate demand, resulting in unwarranted contractions of output and employment opportunities, and declines in the living standards of people living in poverty. The paper discusses the series of case studies of nine programs in seven countries that the IMF undertook to obtain a balanced and comprehensive appraisal of how the poor fare in the context of IMF-supported adjustment programs. ER -