The International Monetary Fund Under Constraint

Legitimacy of Its Crisis Management
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-90-411-1577-5
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, Band 39, 440 Seiten, GB, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 748 g

Reihe: Legal Aspects of International Organizations

The International Monetary Fund under Constraint exposes a legal dilemma facing the IMF as it tackles international crisis management. Using the Asian crisis--and more particularly economic and political events in Indonesia--as an example, this volume examines whether the Fund's activities in Asia were legally justified.

The results of this analysis lead to the following question: What future role can the IMF play in the international financial architecture? The principles of international law and the legal foundations of the Fund are used to analyse the reform suggestions of economic experts and to find a suitable concept for future IMF involvement in financial crises and crises prevention.

This volume is a long-overdue legal analysis of IMF activities. It presents the combination of law and economics which was originally at the heart of the IMF but which so far has been ignored in today's reform discussion.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Riesenhuber, Eva

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geldwirtschaft, Währungspolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Bankwirtschaft
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments. List of Abbreviations. I. Introduction. II. The International Monetary Fund - A General Introduction. III. The Asian Crisis. IV. Indonesia. V. The Crisis in Indonesia. VI. Legitimacy of the IMF Programs in Indonesia. VII. Suggestions for a New Financial System. VIII. Conclusion. References. Index.