IMF Programs, Democracy,

and Income Inequality By Rachel Azafrani and Leo Zucker But IMF programs doubly hurt others who are less well off They lower growth and exacerbate income inequality Vreeland 2003 By bringing in the IMF governments gain political leverage via conditionality to push through unpopular policies For certain constituencies these policies dampen the effects of bad economic performance by redistributing income

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