---the system collapse, the members have been free to choose any form of exchange arrangement
3)Debt and painful reforms(1982-1989)
---the oil shocks of the 1970s
have more room for maneuver than others 3)The global stimulus needs to be large, in the order
of 2 percent of world GDP, to make a sizeable difference to global growth prospects
• The founders aimed to build a framework for economic cooperation that would avoid a repetition of the disastrous economic policies
hat are Fund that continue to do?
The 5 activities
• Policy advice to governments and central banks based on analysis of economic trends and cross-country experience
• Research, statistics, forecasts, and analysis based on tracking of global, regional,and individual economies and markets