IMF Policy Discussion Papers

The IMF and Civil Society: Striking A Balance

By Thomas C. Dawson, Gita Bhatt

September 1, 2001

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Thomas C. Dawson, and Gita Bhatt. The IMF and Civil Society: Striking A Balance, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2001) accessed November 21, 2024
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Summary

In the space of just a few years, the term “civil society” has entered the international policy vocabulary in many contexts. The IMF’s engagement with civil society organizations (CSOs) raises several broad questions: Which CSOs have been, and should be, engaged by the Fund? What questions should IMF-CSO engagement address? What are the limits to the dialogue? This paper examines the evolution of IMF-civil society relations and their effects on the Fund. It also seeks to identify the tensions that underlie the relationship.

Subject: Asset and liability management, Civil society, Civil society organizations, Debt relief, Economic sectors, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy

Keywords: Adjustment program, Civil society, Civil society organizations, Country, Debt relief, Global, IMF and Civil Society, IMF policy concern, IMF policy conditionality, IMF reform, IMF surveillance, IMF-civil society engagement, IMF-CSO engagement, IMF-CSO relation, NGOs, Outreach initiative, PDP, Policy advice, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, Southern NGOs, Structural adjustment

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    30

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Series:

    Policy Discussion Paper No. 2001/002

  • Stock No:

    PPIEA0022001

  • ISBN:

    9781451974485

  • ISSN:

    1564-5193