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Part VI International Monetary Law and the International Financial Architecture, XXXIX The International Monetary Fund: Objectives, Organization, and Functions

From: Principles of International Economic Law (1st Edition)

Matthias Herdegen

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Content type:
Book content
Product:
Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law [OSAIL]
Published in print:
01 January 2013
ISBN:
9780199579860

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 28 January 2023

Subject(s):
International organizations, practice and procedure — Membership of international organizations — Exchange controls
The Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund (IMF Agreement)1 were negotiated at the Conference of Bretton Woods (1944). The IMF was established to ensure a stable international monetary system as a basis of international trade and capital movements, to foster a sound economic growth and to contribute to a stable monetary regime of Member States (Article IV, section 1 first sentence of the IMF Agreement). Its main functions are twofold: Under the IMF Agreement, stable exchange currency arrangements and the free convertibility of currencies are...
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