Overview

The entries in the Dictionary describe the economic and financial concepts employed by the Fund, its operational policies and facilities, its departmental structure and staffing, and its decision making authority, including the system of weighted voting by member countries. This volume fully updates and expands the 1993 edition, while maintaining the author's commitment to thoroughness and accuracy.

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This title is a very useful dictionary...for anyone needing more information about the International Monetary Fund...Its strong point is the historical context that is concisely provided for each term in the dictionary. Arba ...a valuable reference work, well worth its price. It is useful for general readers, government officials worldwide, and officials in other international institutions and nongovernmental organizations who are now working more closely with IMF officials. It certainly belongs in libraries. The IMF owes Norman Humphreys a debt of gratitude for this impressive achievement in his retirement years. Finance and Development

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Norman K. Humphreys is the former Chief Editor of the Fund and a member of the staff for nearly 25 years. Prior to joining the Fund, he was an economist for an international bank in the city of London, spent two years in Brazil as the Bank's resident economist and the London Financial Times's Rio de Janeiro correspondent, and contributed numerous articles to financial journals.

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