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The concluding chapter summarizes results, offers a critique of the research design used, and discusses the next stage of IMF LIDC reform. Two tiers of actors—primary and secondary—influence LIDC outcomes. A coalition between two primary actors (MD-staff, MD-powerful states, powerful states-staff), or a primary actor and a secondary actor (LIDCs, NGOs, the US Congress, and the World Bank president), appears necessary to produce significant policy change. As predicted by PA models, a lack of consensus among powerful state principals provided openings for management and staff to initiate or resist policy reform. The managing director also is a key player who drives LIDC policy agendas and reform. As seen in the fallout following the Asian crisis and the global financial crisis, systemic crises play a central role in changing ideas around what is deemed legitimate in IMF policy choices and helping drive policy reform.
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Hibben, M. (2016). Conclusion. In: Poor States, Power and the Politics of IMF Reform. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57750-4_7
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