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Machine generated contents note: I.The Evolving Global Role of the IMF -- 1.World Without Walls: The Global Economy and the IMF, 1990-1999 -- The Global Economy in the 1990s -- The IMF in the 1990s -- Financial Architecture in the 1990s -- Appendix: Chronology, 1990-1999 -- References -- 2.Becoming...

Contents note continued: Overview -- New Special Facilities -- Use and Modification of Earlier Special Facilities -- Other Specialized Lending Programs -- Technical Assistance, Training, and Resident Missions -- Appendix: Credits and Loans, 1990-99 -- References -- II.The IMF and the Transition from...

Contents note continued: 9.Five Fat Years: Recovery from the Debt Crisis, 1990-94 -- Resolution of the Debt Crisis -- Crisis and Transformation in India -- References -- 10.Tequila Hangover: The Mexican Peso Crisis and Its Aftermath -- Mexico as Star Student -- The Peso Crisis Hits -- What Role for...

Contents note continued: 14.Looking to the Future: The IMF in Africa -- A Growth Strategy for Africa? -- Large-Scale Lending -- The East African Community -- Other Lending to Low-Income Countries -- Postscript -- References -- V.Institutional Evolution -- 15.Money Has to Grow: How the Fund Was Finan...