Directions: The sentences given below, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. The first and the last sentences are 1 and 6 and the four in between are labeled a, b, c and d. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph. (1) Economist J. M. Keynes once suggested that when the IMF imposed strict conditions on a nation seeking help for its ailing economy, the fund was merely being “grandmotherly” (a) The IMF, critics also charge, the attempt to reform the economies of developing countries into the image and likeliness of western industrial nations - a new kind of imperialism. (b) But Thais and other Asians who had to turn to the fund for help after the 1997 financial crisis complaint that grandmother was never like this. (c) Recovery everywhere has been slow and uneven (d) Some of the structural changes the IMF demanded not only inflicted unnecessary pain on these countries' population but also failed to achieve the intended effect. (6) A well - researched report issued this month by a former IMF staffer, argues that some of these complaints have merit.
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