Financial agency in the United Nations with 190 member countries. Aims to:

  • Foster global monetary cooperation
  • Financial stability
  • International Trade
  • High employment
  • Sustainable economic growth
  • Reducing Poverty

Activities

  • Provides loans to member nations
  • Fills deficit gaps
  • counselling for a country’s economic policy

Failings

  • Too much or too little intervention
  • Certain countries become dependent on IMF loans