Malcolm Foster
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/ 21 April 2004

IMF becomes more self-critical (sort of)

For years, critics have accused the International Monetary Fund of being secretive, imposing overly austere policies on developing countries in exchange for its loans and refusing to look critically at its own policies — or admit its mistakes. In the past, the IMF has brushed away such attacks. But recently, the institution is showing signs of becoming more openly self-critical.