How the IMF tracks economies and makes loans / International Monetary Fund.
In IMF parlance, what does "surveillance" mean? And how does the IMF decide who gets a loan? This program describes how the IMF monitors national economic policies for their impact on the Fund's 180-plus member nations and how loans are made to ailing or emerging economies. Topics under consideratio...
| Uniform Title: | Films on Demand.
Millennium : the IMF in the new century. |
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| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2005], ©2000.
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| Series: | Films on Demand.
Millennium : the IMF in the new century. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (16 min.) : sound, color, digital file. |
| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Summary: |
In IMF parlance, what does "surveillance" mean? And how does the IMF decide who gets a loan? This program describes how the IMF monitors national economic policies for their impact on the Fund's 180-plus member nations and how loans are made to ailing or emerging economies. Topics under consideration include Article IV consultations and poverty- and debt-reduction initiatives. Former IMF Managing Director Michel Camdessus; Edwin Truman, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs; IMF economist David Goldsbrough; and IMF historian Jim Boughton are featured. |
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| Note: | Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 12, 2005. Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. Electronic resource. |
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13 & up. |
| System Details: | Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
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Title from distributor's description. |