Background Papers

Background Papers for Governance of the IMF: An Evaluation

Series Numbers: Series Numbers: BP/07/01, BP/08/01 - BP/08/14

September 2007
The Macroeconomic Treatment of Aid Increases in IMF-Supported Programs (376 kb pdf file)

Series Number: BP/07/2

Author: Markus Berndt

July 11, 2007
The Process for Selecting and Appointing the Managing Director and First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF (211 kb pdf file)

Series Number: BP/07/1

Author: David Peretz

June 6, 2005
Strategy Design in Evaluating IMF Surveillance Activity (485 kb pdf file)

Series Number: BP/05/1

Authors: Paul Dugnan and Nils Bjorksten

May 31, 2004
The IMF and the Indonesian Crisis (286 kb pdf file)

Series Number: BP/04/3

Author: Stephen Grenville

April 30, 2004
Social Spending in IMF-Supported Programs (340 kb pdf file)

Series Number: BP/04/1

Authors: Ricardo Martin and Alex Segura-Ubiergo

April 30, 2004
Macroeconomic Adjustment in IMF-Supported Programs: Projections and Reality (535 kb pdf file)

Series Number: BP/04/2

Authors: Rouben Atoian, Patrick Conway, Marcelo Selowsky and Tsidi Tsikata

September 25, 2002
Background paper to the Prolonged Use of IMF Resources Report: Political Science Tools for Assessing Feasibility and Sustainability of Reforms (337 kb pdf file)

Series Number: 052902

Authors: Andreas Wimmer with Indra de Soysa and Christian Wagner

January 15, 2002
Background Paper to the Capital Account Crisis Evaluation Report: Fourteen Suggested Questions to be Investigated in the IMF's Handling of Capital Account Crises (221 kb pdf file)

Series Number: 011502-1

Author: Jeffrey Frankel