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» Asking the Right Questions About the IMF
   The authors of this essay argue that the issue is not so much what the IMF should do, but what needs to be done and who can best do the job.
   http://minneapolisfed.org/pubs/ar/1998/ar1998.cfm

» Debt And Dependency Are The IMF Legacy
   Doug Bandow of the Cato Institute says that the IMF has failed to promote self-sustaining economic growth anywhere in the world. Instead, it has left debt and dependency in its wake.
   http://www.cato.org/dailys/4-23-98.html

» Hoover Institution - Public Policy Inquiry: International Monetary Fund
   Provides facts, policies, research and perspectives on the IMF from the conservative and libertarian think tank at Stanford University.
   http://www.imfsite.org/default.htm

» IMF and Structural Adjustment Policies
   The IMF and World Bank structural adjustment policies have led to a spiraling race to the bottom for the developing countries that have followed their prescriptions, which require cutbacks on health, education and so on. Poverty as a result has soared.
   http://www.globalissues.org/article/3/structural-adjustment-a-major-cause-of-poverty

» International Financial Institutions Research Site
   Lists of research materials on international financial institutions, particularly the IMF and the World Bank.
   http://www.wellesley.edu/Economics/IFI

» The International Monetary Fund: Outdated, Ineffective, and Unnecessary
   A May 1997 backgrounder by the Heritage Institute's Bryan T. Johnson, which covers much of the history and criticism of the IMF.
   http://www.heritage.org/Research/InternationalOrganizations/BG1113.cfm