The campus community will have a chance this week to learn about the inner workings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from a leading member of the international organization. Olivier Blanchard, ...

Some politicians hope the fund will take the blame for painful spending cuts. Good luck with that. Too much debt and high commodity prices are forcing governments to choose between paying off their ...

The IMF helps its members by providing technical assistance, training, and knowledge-sharing to improve their economic policies and make their institutions more effective. Strengthening the capacity ...

One of the dangers, the IMF said, is the possibility of delayed banking reforms -- or, more seriously, “reversals of exchange rate reform and fiscal discipline”.