James M. Boughton
Publications on the IMF
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Much of my recent research has dealt with the history and role of the IMF.  
 
A recent overview paper, as revised for presentation at the 2006 International Economic History Congress in Helsinki, Finland, is:

"The IMF and the Force of History: Ten Events and Ten Ideas That Have Shaped the Institution"





Items available on the internet include:


Other recent and forthcoming papers on the IMF:
 

“International Monetary Fund,” forthcoming in Peter Stearns (Editor in Chief), Encyclopedia of the Modern World (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008).

“Strengthening the IMF: Lessons from History,” forthcoming in Colin I. Bradford and Johannes F. Linn (Editors), Global Governance Reform: Breaking the Stalemate (Washington: Brookings Institution, 2006).

“The Bretton Woods System,” forthcoming in Roland Robertson and Jan Aart Scholte (Editors), Encyclopedia of Globalization (Grolier Academic).

“Once Upon a Quota,” Business Times Guide to the 2006 Annual Meetings (Singapore: The Business Times, September 12, 2006). Available online at http://business-times.asiaone.com/sub/supplement/story/0,4574,208102,00.html.

 “International Monetary Fund,” in John J. McCusker (Editor), History of World Trade Since 1450 (Farmington Hills, Michigan: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005).