The International Monetary Fund and Latin America

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has played a critical role in the global economy since the postwar era. But, claims Claudia Kedar, behind the strictly economic aspects of the IMF’s intervention, there are influential interactions between IMF technocrats and local economists—even when countries are not borrowing money. In The International Monetary Fund and Latin America , Kedar seeks to expose the motivations and constraints of the operations of both the IMF and borrowers. With access to n