## Abstract Although the IMF presents itself as a monetary institution, it plays an important role in providing support to poor countries via its Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility. It is difficult to imagine more central development issues than poverty and growth. However, while there is a broa
The turbulent ISM and the stellar IMF
โ Scribed by P.C. Clark; R.S. Klessen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 108 KB
- Volume
- 329
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-6337
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