In einer Welt, in der die dem IWF zur Verfügung stehenden Ressourcen neben den privaten Kapitalflüssen verblassen, erschien der Fonds zunehmend als Anachronismus.
Developing nations grudgingly took its advice, while advanced nations, not needing the money, ignored it. In a world where private capital flows dwarf the resources at its disposal, the IMF had come to seem an anachronism.