@article{1404443,
      recid = {1404443},
      author = {Fischer, Stanley.},
      title = {IMF essays from a time of crisis : the international  financial system, stabilization, and development /},
      publisher = {MIT Press,},
      address = {Cambridge, Mass. :},
      pages = {1 online resource (xiv, 535 pages) :},
      year = {2004},
      abstract = {Stanley Fischer served as First Deputy Managing Director  of the International Monetary Fund from 1994 to 2001. IMF  Essays from a Time of Crisis collects sixteen essays  written for the most part during his time at the IMF, each  updated with Fischer's later reflections on the issues  raised. The IMF drew much criticism for some of its actions  during Fischer's tenure, and he vigorously defends the  "battlefield medicine" practiced by the IMF during a series  of economic crises, which included the problems of economic  transition in the former Soviet bloc and the Asian  financial crisis. Fischer addresses the subsequent calls  for reform of the international financial system and makes  the case for the IMF as an international lender of last  resort.The first section of essays, "The Role of the IMF  and the Reform of the International Financial System,"  considers the IMF's role in the international financial  system in light of the crises of the 1990s. The second  section, "Macroeconomic Policy, Stabilization, and  Transition," examines such topics as exchange rate regimes,  inflation, and Eastern Europe's relation to the European  Union. The final section, "Poverty and Development,"  reflects Fischer's basic belief that economic policies  should explicitly target poverty reduction. These engaging  and accessible essays will appeal not only to economics  students, economists, and policymakers but also to the  general reader interested in the international monetary  system.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1404443},
}