The International Monetary Fund: Name: University: Course title: Course instructor: Date of Submission: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Introduction The IMF is an international organization comprised of 187 countries. Its main function is to stabilize the global macroeconomic environment through cooperation of monetary policies of its members, facilitating financial intermediation and ensuring high employment throughout the world. It also works to eradicate poverty around the world (imf.org, 2011). This paper explores the organizational structure of the IMF, the challenges it has faced in its institutional structure and the efforts that have been taken to fix the problems. Origin of IMF The history of IMF dates back in the early 1930s during the world Great Depression