We did agree and implement those which were beneficial to our own interests. Most of the policies prescribed by them e.g. fiscal discipline, mobilizing tax revenues, removing tariff barriers, privatizing public enterprises, maintaining low inflation, etc. all make perfect sense and no economist in his right mind could take an issue with them.
Where the shoe pinches is that these policies are reduced to quantifiable targets and performance criteria for each quarter and for any slippages or deviations, however, legitimate they may be during that particular quarter, the country is penalized and its reputation is put in jeopardy. This sort of micromanagement is resented by the economic managers of the developing countries.