BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:"Waiting Is the Hardest Part: IMF Lending Responsiveness\, 1984 -2009\,"\n with Daniel McDowell\, Assistant Professor of Political Science . For\n more than 30 years the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has playe d a \ncentral role in managing international financial crises by providing \nemergency loans to economies facing difficult circumstances. In this \n presentation\, Prof. McDowell introduces new data measuring the \nresponsi veness of the IMF to borrower-country loan requests. Why does \nthe Fund a pprove some loans more swiftly than others? McDowell's \nempirical analyse s show that a borrowercountry’s geopolitical and \nfinancial importance to the U.S. (as well as other key Fund \nshareholders) influences the speed with which requests are approved. \;Sponsored by PARCC - Program for t he Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration. Follow us @PARCC atMaxwell\, tweet #ConvoInConflict DTEND:20140206T183000Z DTSTAMP:20260512T000924Z DTSTART:20140206T173000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Conversations in Conflict Studies presents: Daniel McDowell UID:RFCALITEM639141269643617582 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

"Waiting Is the Hardest Pa rt: IMF Lending Responsiveness\, 1984-2009\,"\n with Daniel McDowell\, Ass istant Professor of Political Science. For\n more than 30 years the In ternational Monetary Fund (IMF) has played a \ncentral role in managing in ternational financial crises by providing \nemergency loans to economies f acing difficult circumstances. In this \npresentation\, Prof. McDowell int roduces new data measuring the \nresponsiveness of the IMF to borrower-cou ntry loan requests. Why does \nthe Fund approve some loans more swiftly th an others? McDowell's \nempirical analyses show that a borrowercountry’s g eopolitical and \nfinancial importance to the U.S. (as well as other key F und \nshareholders) influences the speed with which requests are approved.  \;Sponsored by PARCC - Program for th e Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration. Follow us @PARCCatMaxwell\, tweet #Co nvoInConflict

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