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1976: International Banking And Finance
The first stage of what was seen as the evolutionary reform of the post-Bretton Woods international monetary system was completed in Kingston, Jamaica, on January 8 when members of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a series of amendments to the fund's articles of agreement. The major...
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