Determinants of IMF lending: How different is Sub-Saharan Africa?

Oberdabernig, Doris Anita (November 2017). Determinants of IMF lending: How different is Sub-Saharan Africa? Bern, Switzerland: World Trade Institute

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The initiation of IMF agreements in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) follows an inherently different process than in other regions.

While economic conditions explain part of the divergence in lending decisions, some economic but also political factors have systematically different effects on IMF lending in SSA. Studies that account for selection into IMF programs should take this into account in order to increase the reliability of their findings.

Item Type:

Working Paper

Division/Institute:

03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Other Institutions > Teaching Staff, Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences
02 Faculty of Law > Department of Economic Law > World Trade Institute
10 Strategic Research Centers > World Trade Institute

02 Faculty of Law > Department of Economic Law > NCCR International Trade Regulation

UniBE Contributor:

Oberdabernig, Doris Anita

Subjects:

300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 330 Economics
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 380 Commerce, communications & transportation

Publisher:

World Trade Institute

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pablo Rahul Das

Date Deposited:

08 Dec 2017 15:24

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:08

JEL Classification:

C59, F33, O19

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.107214

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/107214

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