Africa and IMF Conditionality The Unevenness of Compliance, 1983-2000

Name: Africa and IMF Conditionality The Unevenness of Compliance, 1983-2000
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ISBN: 9780415979474

ISBN-10: 0415979471

ISBN-13: 9780415979474

Edition: 2006

Authors: Kwame Akonor

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Ghana was one of the first African countries to adopt a comprehensive IMF reform program and the one that has sustained adjustment longest. Yet questions of Ghana's compliance-such as to what extent did it comply, how did it manage compliance, what patterns of noncompliance existed, and why?-have not been systematically investigated and remain poorly understood. This book argues that understanding the domestic political environment is key to explaining why compliance, or the lack thereof, occurs. The author maintains that compliance with IMF conditionality in Ghana has had high political costs and thus, noncompliance occurred once the political survival of a regime was at stake. Akonor…

Book details

List price: $79.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 6/27/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 178
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



List of Tables


List of Abbreviations


Chronology of Key Events in Ghana's Political Economy


Acknowledgments



Introduction and Justification for Research



Ghana's Evolving Political Economy and the Conundrum of IMF Compliance: 1957-1983



The Political Logic of IMF Compliance and its Initial Distributional Impact on Social Groups



Compliance with IMF Conditionality and the Politics of Power: 1983-2000



Conclusion: Lessons on Compliance and Conditionality


Notes


Bibliography


Index