"Over the years, the most controversial aspect of the IMFs relationship with its members has been the conditionalitythe terms on which the Funds resources become available to its members. Hence, analysis of contents of the programmes and assessment of macroeconomic performance of developing countries under these programmes becomes interesting and important. This is the subject-matter of this book. Six countries, viz. Morocco, Ghana, Chile, Mexico, India, and Bangladesh have been included in this study which covers the period from 1975 to 2002."