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IMF Survey: Volume 28, Issue 17
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International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
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IMF Survey
Volume/Issue:
Volume 28: Issue 017
Language:
English
Publication Date:
01 Jan 1999
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451928488.023
ISBN:
9781451928488
ISSN:
0047-083X
Pages:
16
Keywords:
SV; structural adjustment Facility; social security reform; ESAF arrangement; contingency financing facility; fund Facility; IMF publication service; country's balance of payments position; Financial sector reform; Corruption; Debt relief; Financial sector; Europe; Asia and Pacific; Central and Eastern Europe; Africa; Global
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The rationale for IMF lending to Russia has been widely questioned, as have the record of earlier programs and the use made of previous IMF loans. In the following article, John Odling-Smee, Director of the IMF’s European II Department, explains that the resumed lending was fully justified to support Russia’s most recent economic policies.
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