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The Road to Calvary

…1990s:World awareness of Climate Change, the breakup of the Soviet Union, The World Wide Web, the application of genetic engineering advances, the continued growth of China, the continued thawing of…

The Guardians of the Financial Galaxy

…the period from September 2008 through the following summer, the IMF instituted 17 Stand-By Arrangements. The economic policies that were part of these programs reflected an awareness of the origin…

FDI and the Pandemic

…unsustainable, and that some slowdown was inevitable. The rapid expansion reflected the development of information and communication technology, as well as a fall in trade costs due to declines in…

The IMF and the Coronavirus

…to Hungary, Pakistan, Romania, and the Ukraine. Moreover, the policy conditions attached to the programs reflected an awareness of the origin and severity of the global contraction. Fiscal policy in…