Finance, development, and the IMF / James M. Boughton and Domenico Lombardi (editors).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The role of the IMF in low-income countries / James M. Boughton and Domenico Lombardi -- Bretton Woods and the debate about development / Harold James -- Lending to and for the poor : how the IMF's role has evolved / James M. Boughton -- The case for a universal financial institution / James M. Boughton -- The role of the IMF in low-income countries : an institutional approach / Domenico Lombardi -- Financier or facilitator? : the changing role of the IMF in low-income countries / Graham Bird and Dane Rowlands -- The IMF's approach to macroeconomic policy in low-income countries / David Bevan -- Signaling, aid, and IMF financial arrangements for low-income countries / Timothy Lane -- Debt relief in low-income countries : background, evolution, and effects / Graham Bird and Robert Powell -- The role and performance of the IMF in aid to low-income countries : lessons from evaluation / Joanne Salop -- Participation in IMF programs and income inequality / Patrick Conway -- Governance matters : the IMF and sub-Saharan Africa / Ngaire Woods -- Proposing IMF reforms for low-income countries / Bessma Momani -- Rethinking the governance of the International Monetary Fund / Abbas Mirakhor and Iqbal Mehdi Zaidi.