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The third edition of the Historical Dictionary of the International Monetary Fund provides a comprehensive overview of the fund, including a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, a bibliography, and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries on the organizations, significant leaders, founders, and members. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the International Monetary Fund.

International finance --- International Monetary Fund --- History --- History.

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In Legislating International Organization, Kathryn Lavelle argues against the commonly-held idea that key international organizations are entities unto themselves, immune from the influence and pressures of individual states' domestic policies. Covering the history of the IMF and World Bank from their origins, she shows that domestic political constituencies in advanced industrial states have always been important drivers of international financial institution policy. Lavelle focuses in particular on the U.S. Congress, tracing its long history of involvement with these institutions and showing how it wields significant influence. Drawing from archival research and interviews with members and staff, Lavelle shows that Congress is not particularly hostile to the multilateralism inherent in the IMF and World Bank, and has championed them at several key historical junctures. Congress is not uniformly supportive of these institutions, however. As Lavelle illustrates, it is more defensive of its constitutionally designated powers and more open to competing interest group concerns than legislatures in other advanced industrial states. Legislating International Organization will reshape how we think about how the U.S. Congress interacts with international institutions and more broadly about the relationship of domestic politics to global governance throughout the world. This is especially relevant given the impact of 2008 financial crisis, which has made the issue of multilateralism in American politics more important than ever

Monetary policy --- International Monetary Fund --- World Bank --- United States --- Monetary policy. --- International Monetary Fund. --- World Bank. --- United States.

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This abstract discusses Benin’s poverty reduction strategy (PRS1). The PRS1 serves as both a strategic frame of reference and a framework for dialogue with technical and financial partners (TFPs). The six major phases involved in the preparation of the growth and poverty reduction strategy (GPRS) and design of the macroeconomic and budgetary framework have been explained in this paper. The impact of macroeconomic and budgetary framework on the attainment of the MDGs and on the poverty reduction is also reviewed.

Poverty --- Economic development --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Destitution --- Wealth --- Basic needs --- Begging --- Poor --- Subsistence economy --- International Monetary Fund --- Internationaal monetair fonds --- International monetary fund --- Benin --- Economic conditions. --- Infrastructure --- Demography --- Poverty and Homelessness --- Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: General --- Education: General --- Health: General --- Demographic Economics: General --- Investment --- Capital --- Intangible Capital --- Capacity --- Poverty & precarity --- Education --- Health economics --- Population & demography --- Macroeconomics --- Health --- Population and demographics --- National accounts --- Population --- Saving and investment

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This paper reports on progress made on Nicaragua’s National Human Development Plan as of 2010. The operational goal for Nicaragua’s National Human Development Plan is economic growth with increased employment and reduced inequality and poverty. The results for 2007–10 highlight a significant reduction in inequality among Nicaraguans based on better distribution of income and consumption. This has been possible owing to redistributive government policies with positive results, economic recovery, and positive economic growth in the midst of a world financial and economic crisis.

Poverty --- Economic development --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Destitution --- Wealth --- Basic needs --- Begging --- Poor --- Subsistence economy --- International Monetary Fund --- Internationaal monetair fonds --- International monetary fund --- Nicaragua --- Economic conditions. --- Macroeconomics --- Demography --- Poverty and Homelessness --- Education: General --- Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: General --- Health: General --- Demographic Economics: General --- Labor Economics: General --- Education --- Poverty & precarity --- Health economics --- Population & demography --- Labour --- income economics --- Health --- Population and demographics --- Labor --- Population --- Labor economics

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The Netherlands has a long-standing legal framework concerning Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism preventive measures, which dates back to 1993. The legal framework for Customer Due Diligence is generally adequate; however, a number of provisions are problematic. The Dutch system of preventive measures emphasizes the risk-based approach, complemented by a principles-based approach. The principles-based approach should be better supported with guidance for financial institutions. Although most elements of the Suspicious Transaction Report reporting requirements are in place, the reporting regime has one minor legal shortcoming and raises effectiveness concerns.

Terrorism --- Money laundering --- Laundering of money --- Money washing --- Washing of money --- Commercial crimes --- Finance --- Prevention. --- International Monetary Fund --- Internationaal monetair fonds --- International monetary fund --- Public Finance --- Criminology --- Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law --- Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General --- Corporate crime --- white-collar crime --- Public finance & taxation --- Crime & criminology --- Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) --- Legal support in revenue administration --- Terrorism financing --- Crime --- Revenue administration --- Revenue --- Crime--Economic aspects --- Netherlands, The