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TechDebtDevin ◴[] No.43315265[source]
1.4bn seems cheap, and its a loan that presumably will be guaranteed. So for 1.4bn dollars the IMF gets to call the shots for an entire country's economy.

Im surprised we dont see more private indvs playing the role of WB.

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1. dzonga ◴[] No.43317486[source]
yeah as an economy - you don't want to ever receive IMF money. Lots of African and Caribbean countries will attest to that. IMF money is like having the mafia control your money - the structural adjustments will kill the natural course of your economy and never recover.

That's why Chinese loans have been welcome for a lot of countries. they don't come with a lot of stipulations, such as removing subsidies for your farmers.