Democratic Republic of the Congo and the International Monetary Fund
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) joined the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on September 28, 1963.
History
The large African state entered the Fund nearly two decades after its conception, while Cold War tensions were steadily building. At the time of its incorporation, the nation was named ‘Zaire’, and was seen as key to the national, anti-red interests of the United States of America. Since the year of its joining, the DRC has reached 424.5 million special drawing rights (SDRs), which amounts to .22% of the total number of SDRs in the IMF. The governor is Deogratias Mwana Nyembo Mutombo, and total number of votes the country has is 12,125, which amounts to .24% of the total number of votes in the institution.
Failed Programs
The DRC, in the 1980s, was subject to two fund-related programs. These programs were designed to curb hyperinflation and to generally macroeconomically stabilize the state. The state, at this point in time, had become what is known as a kleptocracy. These initial IMF programs were not successful for three key reasons:
The government structure was weak enough to allow a meaningful seepage of power and funds so that aid was not delivered and initiatives could not be passed and enforced.
The infrastructure of state was thoroughly underdeveloped, meaning that IMF resources could not be distributed throughout the state.
The programs, for the final reason, were based on bad information and conjecture and therefore were predestined to fail.
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