Definition: Conditionality

Category: IMF terminology

Economic policies that members intend to follow as a condition for the use of International Monetary Fund (IMF) resources. These are often expressed as performance criteria (for example, monetary and budgetary targets) or benchmarks, and are intended to ensure that the use of IMF credit is temporary and consistent with the adjustment program designed to correct a member’s external payments imbalance. http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/glossary/showTerm.asp