International Monetary Fund Law and Legal Definition
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization of 184 member countries. It was established to promote international monetary cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange arrangements; to foster economic growth and high levels of employment; and to provide temporary financial assistance to countries to help ease balance of payments adjustment.
The IMF serves many functions, including, among others, lending to member countries, surveillance of international economic and financial policies, and technical assistance. it aims to promote the balanced expansion of world trade, stability of exchange rates, avoidance of competitive devaluations, reduction of poverty, and orderly correction of balance of payments problems.
Legal Definition list
- International Minimum Standard
- International Military Agency and Training Program
- International Maritime Organization
- International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code
- International Maritime Consultative Organization
- International Monetary Fund
- International Narcotics Control Board
- International Narcotics Trafficking
- International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund
- International Organization
- International Organization Affairs [Department of State]
Related Legal Terms
- 107th Meridian Escrow Fund
- Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding [USIP]
- Accommodative Monetary Policy
- Additional Funds Needed [AFN]
- Administrative Subdivision of Funds
- Administrative Takedown Funds [Transportation]
- Advance Refunding Offer
- Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate Course [Education]
- Ally [International Law]
- American College of Forensic Examiners International [ACFEI]
