Background Papers for The IMF and the Crises in Greece, Ireland, and Portugal

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Preface

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1. The IMF Executive Board and the Euro Area Crisis: Accountability, Legitimacy, and Governance
2. Living with Rules: The IMF's Exceptional Access Framework and the 2010 Stand-By Arrangement with Greece
3. IMF Engagement with the Euro Area Versus Other Currency Unions
4. IMF Surveillance of the Euro Area: From Conception Through Crisis
5. The IMF's Role in the Euro Area's Crisis: What Are the Lessons from the IMF's Participation in the Troika?
6. The IMF and the Euro Area Crisis: The Fiscal Dimension
7. The IMF's Role in Greece in the Context of the 2010 Stand-By Arrangement
8. The IMF's Role in Ireland
9. The Portuguese Crisis and the IMF

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