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IMF International Monetary Fund
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2. INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
• The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is
an international organization that was
initiated in 1944 at the Bretton Woods
Conference and formally created in 1945 by
29 member countries(post world war II)
• Now it includes 188 countries
• Headquarters in Washington D.C
• M.D Christine Legarde
3. IMF Aims
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To foster Global Monetary Co-operation
To Secure Financial Stability
Facilitate International Trade
Promote High Employment
Sustainable Growth and
Reduce Poverty around the world
5. Asian Financial Crisis
In 1997, A wave of financial crisis swept over east Asia from Thailand to Indonesia
to Korea,(IMF joined hands world bank and launched Financial sector Assessment
Program