Reforming IMF: why the 20th Century Model Needs a Makeover

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Abstract

The article aims at analyzing various issues of reforming the International Monetary Fund such as governance and quota increases reform, surveillance and different lending instruments. Having noted that reform is urgently needed, the author indicates a number of obstacles for that and first and foremost, a position of the United States.

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International Monetary Fund

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Author Biography

Никита Андреевич Ломагин, St. Petersburg State University, 7–9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation

доктор исторических наук, профессор

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Translation of references in Russian into English

Published

2008-06-30

How to Cite

Ломагин, Н. А. (2008). Reforming IMF: why the 20th Century Model Needs a Makeover. St Petersburg University Journal of Economic Studies, (2), 042–052. Retrieved from https://economicsjournal.spbu.ru/article/view/4047

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Global economy

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