Greece - Internal Evaluation Office assesses IMF-policy - August 31, 2016

The IMF’s handling of the euro area crisis has been controversial, notably the way the fund handled the crisis in Greece. In a very critical report of the Independent Evaluation Office the criticism is summarised in three broad strands: first, the programs ‘only served to raise debt and demanded excessive fiscal adjustment’, second, the financing was ‘used to repay foreign banks’ and third, ‘growth-killing structural reforms, together with fiscal austerity, have led to an economic depression.’ The criticisms specifically targeted the handling of Greece because that country experienced a much deeper contraction of output than did any other euro area country.

English: http://www.ieo-imf.org/ieo/files/completedevaluations …

The full report: http://www.ieo-imf.org/ieo/files/completedevaluations/EAC … 

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