Favoring Reformist Leaders: The Political Economy of the Enforcement of IMF Conditionality

• In Event: JSS 11
  In JSS Session: Political Responses to Crisis

Brief Overview

This paper connects the initial motivations for joining IMF programs to the rigidity of IMF enforcement and suggests that the IMF is laxer in enforcing conditions for reformist leaders who participate in IMF programs to implement unpopular policies.

Author

• Seung-Uk Huh, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign