The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., of "189 countries working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world." Formed in 1944 at the Bretton Woods Conference primarily by the ideas of Harry Dexter White and John Maynard Keynes, it came into formal existence in 1945 with 29 member countries and the goal of reconstructing the international payment system. It now plays a central role in the management of balance of payments difficulties and international financial crises. Countries contribute funds to a pool through a quota system from which countries experiencing balance of payments problems can borrow money. , the fund had SDR477 billion (about $668 billion). 

Through the fund, and other activities such as the gathering of statistics and analysis, surveillance of its members' economies and the demand for particular policies, the IMF works to improve the economies of its member countries. The organisation's objectives stated in the Articles of Agreement are: to promote international monetary co-operation, international trade, high employment, exchange-rate stability, sustainable economic growth, and making resources available to member countries in financial difficulty. 

According to the IMF itself, it works to foster global growth and economic stability by providing policy, advice and financing the members, by working with developing nations to help them achieve macroeconomic stability and reduce poverty. The rationale for this is that private international capital markets function imperfectly and many countries have limited access to financial markets. Such market imperfections, together with balance-of-payments financing, provide the justification for official financing, without which many countries could only correct large external payment imbalances through measures with adverse economic consequences. The IMF provides alternate sources of financing. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What has its headquarters in Washington DC?
2. What entity has its headquarters in Washington DC?
3. 
Q2:
1. What year was The International Monetary Fund formed?
2. At what date was The International Monetary Fund formed?
3. 
Q3:
1. Where was The International Monetary Fund formed?
2. At what event was The International Monetary Fund formed?
3. 
Q4:
1. Which people formed The International Monetary Fund?
2. What people formed The International Monetary Fund?
3. 
Q5:
1. How many member countries participated in The International Monetary Fund in 1944?
2. How many countries participated in The International Monetary Fund originally?
3. 
Q6:
1. How many countries participate in The International Monetary Fund now?
2. What number of countries participate in  The International Monetary Fund now?
3. 
Q7:
1. What is the acronym for The International Monetary Fund?
2. 
3. 
Q8:
1. What does The International Monetary Fund aim for?
2. What does The International Monetary Fund want to achieve?
3. 
Q9:
1. Besides wanting to recreate the international payment system, what does The International Monetary Fund want to achieve?
2. Other than recreating the international payment system, what is another aim of The International Monetary Fund?
3. 
Q10:
1. What about of money is in the fund?
2. How much money does the fund count?
3. 
Q11:
1. Does The International Monetary Fund improve economies?
2. 
3. 
Q12:
1. Which countries had their economy improved by  The International Monetary Fund?
2. What countries had their economy improved by The International Monetary Fund?
3. 
Q13:
1. Does The International Monetary Fund gather statistics?
2. Does The International Monetary Fund use statistics?
3. 
Q14:
1. Where can The International Monetary Fund’s objectives be found?
2. Where are The International Monetary Fund’s objectives listed?
3. 
Q15:
1. What sort of growth does The International Monetary Fund foster?
2. What kind of growth does The International Monetary Fund prone?
3. 
