The chaotic state of the international monetary system in the 1930's, and the need to plan for reconstruction after World War II, led to the establishment of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Many changes have taken place in the world's economic and financial situation since the establishment of the IMF, and its policies and structures have adapted accordingly. This volume is an extremely wide ranging, comprehensive bibliographic guide to the most significant literature on the IMF from its founding to the present.