Download or read book Finance & Development, September 1964 written by International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept. and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 1964-09-01 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper discusses events related to creation of the IMF. The paper highlights that representatives of 45 countries met at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, a summer resort in the northeastern part of the United States, to prepare the final texts of the Articles of Agreement of the IMF and of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The paper also discusses activities of the IMF in Latin America, highlighting that the Latin American countries offer a rich variety of economic experience, ranging from examples of financial stability and sustained economic growth to chronic difficulty or acute crisis.