The more severe a financial crisis, the greater has been the likelihood of its management under an IMF … increased programme likelihood but have prompted faster response mainly for 'major'crises. Over time, the IMF's response has not …

and even-handedness of the IMF's surveillance and lending. In advanced economies, where the Fund has traditionally had …The International Monetary Fund (IMF, or the Fund) has undergone a number of significant policy changes and reforms in … shares has finally allowed for a resumption of wider and increasingly critical discussion of the strategic role of the IMF in …