Oxford Handbook of the International Monetary Fund

by Momani, Bessma; Hibben, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780192858405
• ISBN10: 0192858408
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780192674210
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2025-01-17
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Bessma Momani, University of Waterloo,Mark Hibben, Saint Joseph's College

Dr. Bessma Momani is Associate Vice-President, International and Full Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo. She is a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, a Fulbright Scholar, a Governor on the board of the International Development Research Centre, and a member of the advisory board of the Canadian International Council. She has worked as a consultant to the International Monetary Fund, both in the communications office and the Independent Evaluation Office, and to Global Affairs Canada (GAC) as a 2021 Visiting Scholar in its International Assistance Research and Knowledge Division.


Dr. Mark Hibben is Associate Professor of Political Science at Saint Joseph's College of Maine. His research interests include the politics of development, with a specific focus on the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Book publications include the co-authored (with Bessma Momani) What is Wrong with the IMF and How to Fix It (Polity) and Poor States Power, and the Politics of IMF Reform: Drivers of Change in the Post-Washington Consensus (Palgrave Macmillan). His work is also published in The Review of International Organizations, Journal of International Organizational Studies, and The Journal of International Relations and Development.

Table of Contents

Part I: History1. The IMF: Origins, the Bretton Woods System, and Five Major Debates, Atish R. Ghosh2. The IMF In The Post-Bretton Woods Era (1973-Present), James M. BoughtonPart Ii: Formal Operations3. IMF Lending, Susanne Lütz4. IMF Surveillance: Mapping an Unfinished Journey, Martin S. Edwards5. IMF Capacity Development, Jung Yeon KimPart III: Actors6. States, Lisa Martin7. Markets and Financiers, Randall Stone8. Epistemic Communities and IMF Policy, John Abraham9. Transforming IMF-Civil Society Relations, Nadia DaarPart IV: IGO Partners10. Building Partnerships: The IMF and other International Organizations, Matthias Kranke11. The IMF and World Bank: Exploring the Limits of Institutional Collaboration, Liam Clegg12. Collaboration in Financial Regulatory Reform: The IMF, the Financial Stability Board, and the Standard Setting Bodies, Stephen G. CecchettiPart V: Ideas And Policy Instruments13. What has Replaced the Washington Consensus? Tracing Policy Change in the IMF, Ali Burak Güven14. The IMF, Financial Regulation, and Capital Controls, Michael Breen15. How Much Does the IMF Care About Inequality? Dynamics of Fragmented Institutional Change and Mission-Consistent Adaptation, Ayse Kaya16. From Volcker to Volcker: IMF Monetary Policy Doctrine and Practice, Cornel Ban17. IMF Fiscal Policy: Reconciling New Challenges to Existing Priorities, Ben CliftPart VI: Broadening Macro-Critical Concerns18. Getting Serious About Mainstreaming Gender at the IMF, Rishi Goyal And Ratna Sahay19. The IMF's Work on Labor Markets, Prakash Loungani, Hites Ahir And Akos Mate21. Advancing Climate Policy at the IMF, Rishikesh Ram Bhandary And Keven P. Gallagher22. Inclusive Growth: What Role for Social Policy in IMF Discourse?, Kevin Farnsworth And Zoë Irving23. Anti-Corruption Work at the IMF:At the Cross-Roads., Rhoda Weeks-BrownPart VII: Internal Challenges24. The United States and the IMF: An Evolving Relationship, Kathryn C. Lavelle25. Diversifying the IMF and its Culture, Bessma Momani26. IMF Uniformity of Treatment: In Name Only?, Mark Hibben27. Navigating Risk and Uncertainty within the IMF Technocratic Trap, Te-Anne RoblesPart VIII: External Headwinds28. The Populist Challenge, Richard Clark29. Reluctant Revisionism: The IMF as a Ballast in China's Global Financial Diplomacy, Anton Malkin And Lisha Wang30. Europe Unresolved, Merih Angin And Saliha Metinsoy31. Debt Concerns of Low-Income and Emerging Market Countries, Aldo Caliari32. Global Market Integration, Crisis Management and the Limits of the Macro-Social Turn, Paul WhitePart IX: The Imf And 21st Century Global Governance33. An IMF for the Global South, Christian Kennedy-Hernandez34. IMF Crisis Management: Lessons from the GFC and the Pandemic, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu And Neil Meads35. Strengthening the IMF for the 21st Century, Augosto Lopez-Claros36. The IMF and the Future of the Liberal International Order, Eugenia C. Heldt And Orfeo Fioretos