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IMF Conditionality Counter: 58,406
policy reforms mandated by the International Monetary Fund between 1980 and 2014
The evolutioN OF IMF CONDITIONALITY
The number of conditions the IMF applies on average each year has increased dramatically since 1980. In 2014 alone, the IMF mandated over 1,356 conditions across 35 countries.
What is IMF conditionality?
Conditionality policy areasWe assigned each condition under one of 13 policy areas.
external debt issues
16,571 external debt conditions recorded since 1980 Includes conditions on:
Financial sector, monetary policy & central bank issues
15,229 financial sector, monetary policy, and Central Bank conditions recorded since 1980 Includes conditions on:
fiscal issues
9,700 fiscal conditions recorded since 1980 Includes conditions on:
external sector (trade and exchange system)
5,142 external sector conditions recorded since 1980 Includes conditions on:
revenues and tax issues
4,252 revenue and tax conditions recorded since 1980 Includes conditions on:
state-owned enterprise reform and pricing
2,310 state-owned enterprise reform and pricing conditions recorded since 1980 Includes conditions on:
labour issues (public and private sector)
1,991 labour conditions recorded since 1980 Includes conditions on:
state-owned enterprise privatiSation
1,026 state-owned enterprise privatisation conditions recorded since 1980 Includes conditions on:
redistributive policies
825 redistributive policy conditions recorded since 1980 Includes conditions on:
institutional reforms
706 institutional reform conditions recorded since 1980 Includes conditions on:
social policy
317 social policy conditions recorded since 1980 Includes conditions on:
land and environment
173 land and environment conditions recorded since 1980 Includes conditions on:
residual category
164 residual category conditions recorded since 1980 Includes conditions on:
IMF conditionality data set
The purpose of this project is to compile a systematic, comprehensive and publicly available database of IMF conditionality. Detailed information on conditions included in loans are sourced from internal IMF documents.
How to cite the dataset: Kentikelenis, A., Stubbs, T., & King, L. (2016). IMF conditionality and development policy space, 1985-2014. Review of International Political Economy, 23(4), 543–582. Click for PDF.
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