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Managing the Asian meltdown : the IMF and South Korea / Gregory P. Corning.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: [London] : SAGE, 2016Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)Content type:
  • text
  • still image
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781473967267 (ebook) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.95195 23
Online resources: This case study asks students to consider the causes of the Korean economic crisis of 1997-1998 and assess the appropriateness of the International Monetary Fund's response to it. On a more general level, the case explores the evolving role of the IMF by asking students to think about the responsibility of both lenders and borrowers in the Asian crisis, the problem of moral hazard, and the necessity of structural adjustment in crisis countries.
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Originally Published in: Corning, G.P (2000). Managing the Asian Meltdown: The IMF and South Korea. Case 262. Washington, DC: Georgetown Institute for the Study of Diplomacy.

This case study asks students to consider the causes of the Korean economic crisis of 1997-1998 and assess the appropriateness of the International Monetary Fund's response to it. On a more general level, the case explores the evolving role of the IMF by asking students to think about the responsibility of both lenders and borrowers in the Asian crisis, the problem of moral hazard, and the necessity of structural adjustment in crisis countries.

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