A decade later, the IMF’s relevance had started to wane again, but was revived by its role in the transformation of the former Soviet-bloc economies. At the time of the euro crisis, the Fund was floundering once more in the aftermath of the East Asian crisis, as its fee-paying clients did anything they could to avoid turning to it.
十年后，IMF有表现出式微之势，但其在前苏联经济体转型中的作用拯救了它自己。欧元危机爆发时，IMF正处于东亚危机后的又一次低谷中，其付费客户纷纷对它敬而远之。