Resumen

NEMINA, Pablo  y  LARRALDE, Juan. Historical stages of the relationship between the International Monetary Fund and Latin America (1944-2015). Am. Lat. Hist. Econ [online]. 2018, vol.25, n.1, pp.275-313. ISSN 2007-3496.  https://doi.org/10.18232/alhe.v25i1.858.

This paper proposes an Economic History analysis of the relationship between the International Monetary Fund (FMI) and Latin American countries during the period from 1944 to 2015. Although there are important antecedents of the analysis of the relationship at the national level, there is a void in relation to the analysis of the link at the regional level. It is suggested that the political orientation of the FMI and the governments, the macroeconomic context, and the prevailing economic ideas are decisive elements to understand the configuration of the relationship between the FMI and Latin American nations. Six historical stages can be identified according to the central guidelines of the implemented economic policies and the characteristics of the credits and conditions required by the organism, some of them of intense approach as during the 80s and 90s, and others of greater distance as in the past decade.

Palabras llave : International Monetary Fund; conditionality; credit; international monetary relations.