International Monetary Fund

[edit] The Mahalo Top 7

1. Official Site: IMF -- International Monetary Fund
2. Wikipedia: International Monetary Fund
3. International Monetary Fund: 2007 Annual Meeting Information  
4. Official Publication: Finance & Development
5. Eldis.org: World Bank and IMF Resource Guide
6. Hoover Institution: International Monetary Fund
7. Video: Former IMF Director Rodrigo de Rato on the Problem of Global Imbalances (Time: 58:27)

[edit] International Monetary Fund Recent News

• Google News: International Monetary Fund    Last 3 headlines
  • IMF says US likely to be hit by severe economic downturn - Channel News Asia
  • Global stocks nose-dive as crisis spreads - Contra Costa Times
  • Zoellick Faults G-7, Calls for New Order - Wall Street Journal
• Yahoo! News: International Monetary Fund
• WSJ.com: "World's Economy to Stay on Its Axis" (2007)
• FT.com: "Europe must look east to deal with the euro" (2007)

[edit] International Monetary Fund Background and Articles

• Wikipedia: Bretton Woods Project | World Bank
• National Bureau of Economic Research: IMF's Origins as a Blueprint for Its Future
• Hoover Institute: International Monetary Fund: Background and Purposes
• Global Exchange: World Bank & IMF: Background
• Dollars and Sense: The Difference Between the World Bank and the IMF

[edit] International Monetary Fund Videos and Media

• YouTube & Google Video: Inernational Monetary Fund
• Official Site: International Monetary Fund Videos
• International Monetary Fund: Photo Gallery
• YouTube: 1944 Bretton Woods International Monetary Conference (Time: 01:34)

[edit] International Monetary Fund Blogs and Message Boards

• Official Blog: Public Financial Management
• Google Blog Search: International Monetary Fund
• AlterNet: International Monetary Fund Posts

[edit] International Monetary Fund Timeline

• 1945: Articles of Agreement are signed by 29 governments
• 1946: First annual meeting held in Washington, D.C. by both the IMF and the World Bank
• 1952: Both Germany and Japan become members
• 1962: General Arrangements to Borrow] are set forth by the Executive Board
• 1967: Special Drawing Rights (SDR) planned by Board of Directors
• 1969: Vote of members approves the First Amendment to the Articles of Agreement, establishing the Special Drawing Rights (SDR)
• 1971: The United States stops using gold to buy and sell international transactions, effectively killing the Bretton Woods Project Bretton Woods system
• 1978: Second Amendment to the Articles of Agreement allow member nations to adopt exchange rates of their own choosing
• 1998: Uganda becomes the first member nation to receive debt relief funds

[edit] International Monetary Fund Criticism

• Google Video: Life and Debt - Globalization and Jamaica (Time: 1:26:06)    
• The August Review: Global Banking: The International Monetary Fund
• Serendipity: How the IMF Props Up the Bankrupt Dollar System
• Hoover Institute: International Monetary Fund: Mission Creep
• YouTube: Antonia Juhasz - A History of Opposition to the World Bank (Time: 08:04)  

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