The Poverty Brokers: IMF and Latin America

by Martin Honeywell

Book Overview

The international debt crisis which hit the headlines in September 1982 has underlined the power that is wielded by the International Monetary Fund. As the ultimate source of credit for heavily endebted Third World countries, it can impose onerous conditions on those nations that need its assistance. The burden of such conditions always falls most heavily on the poorest sectors of the population. The Poverty Brokers rejects the IMF claim that these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0906156173
• ISBN13: 9780906156179
• Release Date: October 1983
• Publisher: Latin America Bureau (Lab)
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.