Margaret Ms De Vries: 2 books

Written by Margaret Garritsen de Vries, former Historian of the IMF, the book describes the policies and activities the IMF has pursued in helping members achieve balane of payments adjustment. Separate treatment is given to industrial and developing countries, since their balance of payments problems have differed. As examples, Japan, France, the United Kingdom, Colombia, and Mexico as discussed.

This collection of 18 articles, originally published in Finance & Development and the IMF Survey, was written by Margaret Garritsen de Vries and constitutes a short history of the IMF's evolution.