11381. SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND. Examines the literature on the success and failures of the IMF, from its inception at Bretton Woods in 1944 up to the present. Following a brief overview of the IMF's central mandate and purpose, and a look at the institution's evolving role following the reliance on flexible exchange rates in the early 1970s, the paper examines the literature on the IMF's failures and successes both generally and from the perspective of specific country programs. A concluding section offers a synthesis of the findings and makes recommendations on IMF reforms for the future. 12 pages, 41 footnotes, 27 bibliographic sources.