00509nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000008000170001710000180003424500190005226000250007130000100009652002630010658300180036920260716043812.0 a11.02.03 K17 aKapur, Devesh aBeyond the IMF bUNaNew YorkUSc2007 a21 p. aFocuses on the insurance role of the Fund and argues that developing countries are adopting alternative insurance mechanisms, from a higher level of reserves to regional co-insurance facilities to remittances as a counter-cyclical source of foreign exchange. c5/29/07kJOYD