IMF staff: Missing link in fund reform proposals |
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Authors: | Bessma Momani |
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Institution: | (1) Departments of Political Science and History, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue W., Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada |
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Abstract: | Current IMF reform proposals are preoccupied with changing governance structures by reallocating Executive Board chairs and
quota shares and with expanding and altering the Fund’s surveillance role, but not enough attention has been paid to whether
organizational change at the staff level is also needed. IMF staff have intellectual dominance and discretion in the design
of loan conditionality, writing of surveillance reports, and provision of technical and policy advice. There are also clear
internal and external criticisms of how the Fund’s organizational culture—that is perceived to be hierarchical, technical/economistic,
bureaucratic, and homogeneous/conforming—negatively affects the Fund’s policy output and relationship with borrowing members.
This article suggests altering ’how things are done’ at the IMF by making changes to recruitment and organizational structure.
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Keywords: | IMF Organizational culture Reform IMF staff |
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