Bretton Woods and the Debate about Development

Harold James

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Bretton Woods and the Debate about Development

Harold James

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This chapter examines the evolution since the Bretton Woods conference of the IMF's approach to problems of low income countries. In particular, it seeks to locate that approach within the debate among economists about whether there is a special 'development economics'. In that context, it examines the IMF's approaches to inflation, the 'twin gaps', fiscal issues, external debt issues, and exchange rate policy choice.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Finance, Development, and the IMF
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191716805
ISBN (Print)	9780199239863
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199239863.003.0002
State	Published - Jun 25 2009

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General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Keywords

Bretton woods conference
Development economics
Low-income countries
Twin gaps

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