The '''International Monetary Fund''' (IMF) is an [[international financial institution]] (IFI) which monitors the international financial system and provides loans to [[developing country]] member-states with balance-of-payments problems.
==Former Managing Directors==
Mr. [[Horst Köhler]] "was the eighth Managing Director of the IMF. He directly succeeded [[Michel Camdessus]], who retired from the IMF on February 14, 2000. Previous Managing Directors were [[Camille Gutt]] (Belgium, 1946-51), [[Ivar Rooth]] (Sweden, 1951-56), [[Per Jacobsson]] (Sweden, 1956-63), [[Pierre-Paul Schweitzer]] (France, 1963-73), [[H. Johannes Witteveen]] (Netherlands, 1973-78), and [[Jacques de Larosière]] (France, 1978-87)." <ref> [http://www.imf.org/external/np/omd/bios/hk.htm Horst Köehler], organizational web page, accessed September 20, 2012.</ref>
==History==
===Related SourceWatch articles===
*[[Michel Camdessus]] - Former Managing Director
*[[Johannes Witteveen]] - Former Managing Director (1973-79)
*[[Charles H. Dallara]]
*[[Federal Reserve System]]
*[[Globalization]]
*U.S. [[Department of the Treasury]]
*[[World Bank]]
*[[Linah K. Mohohlo]]
*[[Bharrat Jagdeo]] -former chair board of governors
===References===