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View article: Greening the International Monetary Fund
Greening the International Monetary Fund Open
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has emerged as a key player in climate policy. The organization introduced its Climate Strategy in 2021 and established the Resilience and Sustainability Facility in 2022 to provide financial support t…
View article: Pathways to Adolescent Pregnancy in Southeast Asia: Qualitative Evidence From Lived Experiences of Girls in Four Countries
Pathways to Adolescent Pregnancy in Southeast Asia: Qualitative Evidence From Lived Experiences of Girls in Four Countries Open
Adolescent girls' lived experiences highlight key and differing points in their pathways to pregnancy where there are opportunities for policies and programs to address girls' specific needs and contexts.
View article: Progressive Rhetoric, Regressive Reality: The <scp>IMF</scp> 's Tax Advice to 125 Countries, 2022–2024
Progressive Rhetoric, Regressive Reality: The <span>IMF</span> 's Tax Advice to 125 Countries, 2022–2024 Open
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has faced scrutiny over the alignment between its public rhetoric and actual policy advice vis‐à‐vis progressive taxation. This article analyzes the IMF's tax recommendations to 125 countries between 2…
View article: Social protection and the International Monetary Fund: promise versus performance
Social protection and the International Monetary Fund: promise versus performance Open
View article: Replication Data for: A Thousand Cuts: Social Protection in the Age of Austerity
Replication Data for: A Thousand Cuts: Social Protection in the Age of Austerity Open
The dominant policy response to economic crises over the past four decades has been the introduction of austerity. How has this mix of budget cuts and reforms to downsize the role of the state evolved over time? What affect has it had on s…
View article: Replication Data for: Compliance, defiance, and the dependency trap: International Monetary Fund program interruptions and their impact on capital markets
Replication Data for: Compliance, defiance, and the dependency trap: International Monetary Fund program interruptions and their impact on capital markets Open
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is infamous for its structural adjustment programs, requiring countries to undertake policy reforms in exchange for loans. Yet, not only do countries routinely fail to implement these reforms, but they…
View article: IMF Social Spending Floors: A fig leaf for austerity?
IMF Social Spending Floors: A fig leaf for austerity? Open
The International Monetary Fund has said that it protects spending on education, health and social protection from cuts in its loan programmes through social spending floors. These measures are a welcome step forward, but are they eff…
View article: The return of austerity imperils global health
The return of austerity imperils global health Open
Recognising the world’s lack of preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic, international organisations like the World Health Organization, World Bank, and International Monetary Fund are calling for extensive additional funding to strengthen …
View article: Structural adjustment, alienation, and mass protest
Structural adjustment, alienation, and mass protest Open
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is (in)famous for its structural adjustment programs, which provide fresh credit for borrowing governments in exchange for market-liberalizing policy reforms. While studies have documented a causal rel…
View article: Replication Data for: Structural adjustment, alienation, and mass protest
Replication Data for: Structural adjustment, alienation, and mass protest Open
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is (in)famous for its structural adjustment programs, which provide fresh credit for borrowing governments in exchange for market-liberalizing policy reforms. While studies have documented a causal rel…
View article: Poverty, Inequality, and the International Monetary Fund: How Austerity Hurts the Poor and Widens Inequality
Poverty, Inequality, and the International Monetary Fund: How Austerity Hurts the Poor and Widens Inequality Open
Among the drivers of socio-economic development, this article focuses on an important yet insufficiently understood international-level determinant: the spread of austerity policies to the developing world by the International Monetary Fun…
View article: Austerity Redux: The Post‐pandemic Wave of Budget Cuts and the Future of Global Public Health
Austerity Redux: The Post‐pandemic Wave of Budget Cuts and the Future of Global Public Health Open
The convergence of health, economic and social crises over the past 1.5 years has posed profound questions over the direction of travel for the world after COVID‐19. The narrative emerging out of major international organizations like the …
View article: Replication Data for: Austerity redux: The post-pandemic wave of budget cuts and the future of global public health
Replication Data for: Austerity redux: The post-pandemic wave of budget cuts and the future of global public health Open
The convergence of health, economic and social crises over the past 1.5 years has posed profound questions over the direction of travel for the world after Covid-19. The narrative emerging out of major international organizations like the …
View article: Compliance, defiance, and the dependency trap: International Monetary Fund program interruptions and their impact on capital markets
Compliance, defiance, and the dependency trap: International Monetary Fund program interruptions and their impact on capital markets Open
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is infamous for its structural adjustment programs, requiring countries to undertake policy reforms in exchange for loans. Yet, not only do countries routinely fail to implement these reforms, but they…
View article: Issue Information
Issue Information Open
Odontoblast processes of the mouse incisor are plates oriented in the direction of growth COVER IMAGE: Glycobiology of the developing chicken kidney at Hamburger Hamilton (HH) stage 40.The image shows the effect of lactose on the binding o…
View article: Unimplementable by design? Understanding (non‐)compliance with International Monetary Fund policy conditionality
Unimplementable by design? Understanding (non‐)compliance with International Monetary Fund policy conditionality Open
Why do governments fail to implement policy commitments in contractual agreements with international organizations? While scholars have scrutinized domestic factors as obstacles to compliance, we argue that reform programs may be unimpleme…
View article: Replication Data for: The political economy of labor market deregulation during IMF interventions
Replication Data for: The political economy of labor market deregulation during IMF interventions Open
This study examines the relationship between policy interventions by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and de jure labor rights. Combining two novel data sets with unprecedented country-year coverage – leximetric data on labor laws and…
View article: Replication Data for: Taxing the people, not trade: The International Monetary Fund and the structure of taxation in developing countries
Replication Data for: Taxing the people, not trade: The International Monetary Fund and the structure of taxation in developing countries Open
Strengthening fiscal capacity in low- and middle-income countries is essential for achieving sustainable development. The International Monetary Fund—the world’s premier agent of fiscal policy reform—has taken a front-stage role in this pr…
View article: Replication Data for: Creating crony capitalism: Neoliberal globalization and the fueling of corruption
Replication Data for: Creating crony capitalism: Neoliberal globalization and the fueling of corruption Open
This article examines how neoliberal policies mandated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) impact on corruption in developing countries. Combining domestic political analysis with world systems and dependency theories, we hypothesize …
View article: Replication Data for: The impact of IMF conditionality on government health expenditure: A cross-national analysis of 16 West African nations
Replication Data for: The impact of IMF conditionality on government health expenditure: A cross-national analysis of 16 West African nations Open
How do International Monetary Fund (IMF) policy reforms—so-called ‘conditionalities’—affect government health expenditures? We collected archival documents on IMF programmes from 1995 to 2014 to identify the pathways and impact of conditio…
View article: Replication Data for: Bad governance: How privatization increases corruption in the developing world
Replication Data for: Bad governance: How privatization increases corruption in the developing world Open
International organizations have become key actors in the fight against corruption. Among these organizations, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) maintains a powerful position over borrowing countries in its ability to mandate far-rangi…
View article: Replication Data for: How to evaluate the effects of IMF conditionality: An extension of quantitative approaches and an empirical application to public education spending
Replication Data for: How to evaluate the effects of IMF conditionality: An extension of quantitative approaches and an empirical application to public education spending Open
Following calls for a more disaggregated approach to studying the consequences of IMF programs, scholars have developed new datasets of IMF-mandated policy reforms, or ‘conditionality.’ Initial studies have explored how conditions have, in…
View article: Replication Data for: Catalyzing aid? The IMF and donor behavior in aid allocation
Replication Data for: Catalyzing aid? The IMF and donor behavior in aid allocation Open
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has often asserted that its programs encourage aid by signaling policy credibility, commonly referred to as aid catalysis. Our study investigates this claim for sector-specific aid and for bilateral an…
View article: Replication Data for: The world system and the hollowing out of state capacity: How structural adjustment programs affect bureaucratic quality in developing countries
Replication Data for: The world system and the hollowing out of state capacity: How structural adjustment programs affect bureaucratic quality in developing countries Open
The administrative ability of the state to deliver effective policy is essential for economic development. While sociologists have long devoted attention to domestic forces underpinning state capacity, the authors focus on world system pre…
View article: Replication Data for: Unimplementable by design? Understanding (non-)compliance with International Monetary Fund policy conditionality
Replication Data for: Unimplementable by design? Understanding (non-)compliance with International Monetary Fund policy conditionality Open
Why do governments fail to implement policy commitments in contractual agreements with international organizations? While scholars have scrutinized domestic factors as obstacles to compliance, we argue that reform programs may be unimpleme…
View article: Replication Data for: "The impact of IMF conditionality on government health expenditure: A cross-national analysis of 16 West African nations"
Replication Data for: "The impact of IMF conditionality on government health expenditure: A cross-national analysis of 16 West African nations" Open
This replication material contains a single data file and a single Stata .do file.
View article: Replication Data for: "Bad governance: How privatization increases corruption in the developing world"
Replication Data for: "Bad governance: How privatization increases corruption in the developing world" Open
The replication material consists of a single file of Stata source code (R&G_replication.do) and a single Stata dataset (R&G_replication.dta)
View article: Replication Data for: "The World System and the Hollowing Out of State Capacity: How Structural Adjustment Programs Affect Bureaucratic Quality in Developing Countries"
Replication Data for: "The World System and the Hollowing Out of State Capacity: How Structural Adjustment Programs Affect Bureaucratic Quality in Developing Countries" Open
The replication materials contain a single Stata source file (IMFBQ_AJS_do.do) and multiple sources of data, some of which are only used for materials reported in the appendix.
View article: Replication Data for: "Catalyzing aid? The IMF and donor behavior in aid allocation"
Replication Data for: "Catalyzing aid? The IMF and donor behavior in aid allocation" Open
The replication material contains a codebook, a Stata data file (IMFAIDData.dta), Stata source code (IMFAIDCode.do) and an Excel spreadsheet contained principal and additional results contained in the article.
View article: Replication Data for: How to evaluate the effects of IMF conditionality: An extension of quantitative approaches and an empirical application to public education spending
Replication Data for: How to evaluate the effects of IMF conditionality: An extension of quantitative approaches and an empirical application to public education spending Open
This archive consists of one data release (as a Stata .dta file) and two Stata .do files -- one for the main analyses and one for analyses reported in an appendix.