How the International Monetary Fund's policies change according to economic theory (1945-1973)

Our analysis concerns the evolution of the policies and choices that have characterized the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during a period that began with the Bretton Woods Conference and ended with the clash of the par value system. Having ascertained that during these three decades the international economic system and, consequently, the IMF were not marked by radical changes, we have focused on the gradual and continuous “adapting” or “tuning” that has distinguished the IMF’s founding principles and functions from its establishment onwards