... that they would, by some means manage to keep their economy afloat while everyone else's sank. However, it was evident that this "beggar thy neighbor" economic policy had aggravated the Great Depression and that a new cure was necessary for the well being of the people. After World War 1, people found themselves wanting peace more than they ever had before after seeing the ... end of World War II to prevent the recurrence of four interrelated problems: the restrictive trade and exchange policies that followed in the wake of World War I; the worldwide economic depression of the 1930s, wh...

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... between countries and to provide short term capital to aid balance of payments. The IMF was also intended to help mend the international economy to prevent economic downfall, since the Great Depression. Its role has now change after the floating exchange rates post 1971. IMF examine the economic policies of countries with loan agreements to determine if a shortage of capital was due ... ...

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