Makes sure the world economy is running smoothly. It offers financial and technical assistance to its members. It is known as "the lender of last resort", as it will only provided loans if it will prevent a global economic crisis. It gets it financial resources from the subscriptions of its 185 members. However, it has been known to impose sever cuts on things like education and welfare in developing countries. Additionally, its loans comes with debts which may increase poverty long term. It is ran by a bord of members from 24 different countries, however these countries are typically HIC so their work may be bias and not understand the help needed. For example, it agreed to cancel Haiti's outstanding debts after their earthquake which caused huge environmental, social and economic destruction. However, in doing so Haiti had to cut spending on their public sector. This caused outrage in the community who responded with riots.