This is an archive of the IMF Survey’s print edition from 1996 to 2008. The magazine, which stopped its print edition at end-2008 to go exclusively online, provides topical coverage of the IMF's activities, policies, and research in the context of global economic and financial developments. To read the online edition, visit http://0-www-imf-org.library.svsu.edu/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/home.aspx.