num_pages: 408
description: In its more than 65 years of existence the International Monetary Fund has evolved from a small obscure international agency with new and uncertain responsibilities into a powerful institution that today has assumed center stage in the international monetary system. It is a remarkable story of how an institution has developed and adapted itself to an evolving world and a changing membership in ways that perhaps no other international agency has been forced or able to do.The third edition of the Historical Dictionary of the International Monetary Fund provides a comprehensive overview of the fund including a chronology an introductory essay appendixes a bibliography and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries on the organizations significant leaders founders and members. This book is an excellent access point for students researchers and anyone wanting to know more about the International Monetary Fund.
language: English
title: Historical Dictionary of the International Monetary Fund
publisher: Scarecrow Press