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Silent Revolution: International Monetary Fund, 1979-1989
Silent Revolution International Monetary Fund 19791989 Author:James M. Boughton This volume, fourth in a series of periodic histories of the institution, is as much a history of the world economy during 1979-89 as one of the IMF itself. Boughton discusses the IMF?s surveillance of the international monetary system in the 1980s; the Fund?s role in the international debt crisis of the 1980s, and IMF lending in support of stru... more »ctural adjustment in low-income countries during that period. The volume concludes with a general history of the institution, including the quota system, the SDR, membership, and other institutional matters.« less