Scenarios about 'IMF'
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a global financial institution established in 1944 at the Bretton Woods Conference to promote international monetary cooperation and exchange rate stability. It provides policy advice, financing, and technical assistance to member countries experiencing economic difficulties, while working to reduce global poverty and foster sustainable economic growth. In alternate history scenarios, the IMF's policies and interventions often serve as crucial divergence points that reshape economic development trajectories and international power dynamics.
What If India's Economic Liberalization Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where India did not implement its landmark 1991 economic reforms, potentially remaining an isolated, state-controlled economy well into the 21st century.
What If Structural Adjustment Programs Were Never Implemented?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the controversial IMF and World Bank structural adjustment policies never reshaped developing economies in the 1980s and 1990s, potentially altering global economic development, debt relationships, and the trajectory of the Global South.
What If The Asian Financial Crisis of 1997 Never Occurred?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the devastating economic collapse that swept through East and Southeast Asia never happened, potentially reshaping global economic power, developmental models, and international financial institutions.
What If The Latin American Debt Crisis Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Latin American nations avoided the devastating debt crisis of the 1980s, potentially transforming the region's economic development, political stability, and global influence.
What If The Russian Financial Crisis of 1998 Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Russia avoided its devastating 1998 financial collapse, potentially transforming post-Soviet economic development, global financial markets, and the trajectory of Russian politics under Putin.
What If The Washington Consensus Never Emerged?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the neoliberal economic policies known as the Washington Consensus never became the dominant framework for global development, fundamentally altering the course of economic globalization since the 1980s.