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The IMF required the introduction of a range of policies (such as fiscal and financial austerity, high-interest rates, the dissolution of the chaebols, layoffs, and implementation of floating exchange rates) as conditions for the bailout. The South Korean government under Kim Young-sam accepted those conditions to stave off a crisis. [2]
South Korea joined the IMF on August 13, 1955. [2] The relationship between the state and the institution has been steady for the most part. The country contributed $8.582 billion SDR (Special Drawing Rights) to the IMF quota, which comprises 1.81% of the IMF's funds. [3] South Korea has 87,292 votes in the IMF, which is 1.73% of the total. [3]
The United States and the International Monetary Fund evaluated South Korea as one of the successful cases of the IMF's structural adjustment. They believe that South Korea has been closer to the developed countries after the IMF's structural adjustment. However, others doubt whether South Korea is a successful case of IMF structural adjustment.
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In South Korea, the gold-collecting campaign was a national sacrificial movement in early 1998 to repay its debt to the International Monetary Fund. At the time, South Korea had about $304 billion in foreign-exchange debt. The campaign, involving about 3.51 million people nationwide, collected about 227 tons of gold [1] worth about $2.13 ...
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