Reforming the Governance of the IMF and the World Bank

(Paperback)

Publishing Details

Classifications

Physical Properties

Description

The papers included in this book cover different aspects of the governance of the Bretton Woods institutions. They explore different options for reform and show that enhancing the participation of developing and emerging market countries in resolving the major monetary and financial problems confronting the world economy, would improve global economic performance and contribute to the elimination of world poverty.

Reviews

The essays by the experts collected in this volume clarify the positions of developing countries. They constitute an invitation to experts in the industrial countries and the European Union to further enrich this debate.' Leo van Houtven, Former Secretary and Counsellor, IMF
This book deserves wide attention. I hope it inspires thoughtful debate - not just among international financial insiders in the world's capitals, but on Capitol Hill and Wall Street and their European counterparts, and in the university and business school classrooms of China, India, South Africa, Brazil and beyond.' Nancy Birdsall, President of the Center for Global Development, Washington, D.C.
This is a timely contribution to an essential debate in international economic governance, a debate that we hope will fulfil the historic promise of voice and representation made at Monterrey.' Jose Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Economic and Social Affairs

Author Bio

Ariel Buira is Director of the G24 Secretariat. He has been Special Envoy of the President of Mexico for the UN Conference on Financing for Development, Ambassador of Mexico, Member of the Board of Governors of the Bank of Mexico and Executive Director of the IMF. His publications include 'The IMF and the World Bank at Sixty' (Anthem Press, 2005) and 'Challenges to the World Bank and IMF: Developing Country Perspectives' (Anthem Press, 2003).