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International Finance and The Developing Economies

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  • © 2004

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  1. Graham Bird

    1. Surrey Centre for International Economic Studies, University of Surrey, UK

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There are many challenges facing the economies of developing countries. Capital volatility, financial crises, aid, debt and the IMF are all issues that have received a great deal of attention over recent years. In International Finance and The Developing Economies , Graham Bird provides an essentially non-technical discussion of these issues, examining the underlying political economy and discussing the policy alternatives that are available.

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Conducting Macroeconomic Policy in Developing Countries: Piece of Cake or Mission Impossible?

    • Graham Bird
    Pages 1-13

  3. External Financing and Balance of Payments Adjustment in Developing Countries: Getting a Better Policy Mix

    • Graham Bird
    Pages 14-33

  4. Where do we Stand on Choosing Exchange Rate Regimes in Developing and Emerging Economies?

    • Graham Bird
    Pages 34-50

  5. Is Dollarisation a Viable Option for Latin America?

    • Graham Bird
    Pages 51-59

  6. What Happened to the Washington Consensus?

    • Graham Bird
    Pages 60-73

  7. Miracle to Meltdown: A Pathology of the East Asian Financial Crisis

    • Graham Bird, Alistair Milne
    Pages 74-91

  8. The International Monetary Fund and Developing Countries: A Review of the Evidence and Policy Options

    • Graham Bird
    Pages 92-124

  9. Remodeling the Multilateral Financial Institutions

    • Graham Bird, Joseph P. Joyce
    Pages 125-140

  10. How Important is Sound Domestic Macroeconomics in Attracting Capital Inflows to Developing Countries?

    • Graham Bird
    Pages 141-168

  11. Convertibility and Volatility: The Pros and Cons of Liberalising the Capital Account

    • Graham Bird
    Pages 169-180

  12. Coping with, and Cashing in on, International Capital Volatility

    • Graham Bird, Ramkishen S. Rajan
    Pages 181-203

  13. The Catalytic Effect of Lending by the International Financial Institutions

    • Graham Bird, Dane Rowlands
    Pages 204-226

  14. The Political Economy of Foreign Aid: Fatigue or Regeneration?

    • Graham Bird
    Pages 227-248

  15. Economic Assistance to Low-Income Countries: Should the Link be Resurrected?

    • Graham Bird
    Pages 249-272

  16. Debt Relief for Low-Income Countries: Is it Effective and Efficient?

    • Graham Bird, Alistair Milne
    Pages 273-288

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 289-317
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Surrey Centre for International Economic Studies, University of Surrey, UK

    Graham Bird

About the author

GRAHAM BIRD is Professor of Economics at the University of Surrey and is Director of the Surrey Centre for International Economic Studies (SCIES). He is also a Visiting Professor at The Fletcher School, Tufts University in the US. The author of many books and articles, he has been an advisor to the Independent Evaluation Office of the IMF, the World Bank, Commonwealth Secretariat and various UN agencies.

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