An Independent and Accountable IMF: Geneva Reports on the World Economy 1 - Softcover

Gregorio, Jose De; Eichengreen, Barry J.; Ito, Takatoshi; Wyplosz, Charles; Eichengreen, Barry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1898128456 ISBN 13: 9781898128458

Publisher: Centre for Economic Policy Research, 1999

Synopsis

The liberalization of capital movements has deeply affected the IMF's business. Crises occur with more violence and leave deeper scars. The Fund has mobilized ever larger rescue packages and yet it has often failed to achieve its stated aims. Does this mean that the IMF must transform itself, or even as has been suggested, that it has become useless? The new world economy still needs a Fund, but many of its practices must be rethought and its role redefined. Its traditional views of exchange rate regimes and the desirability of unfettered capital mobility no longer correspond to the situation of many developing countries. Its mode of intervention needs to recognize that "21st century crises" differ fundamentally from those that dominated during its first fifty years of existence. The continuous blurring of roles between the IMF and the World Bank is fraught with dangers; both institutions must redefine their functions. The answer is not an international lender of last resort. This report presents a detailed proposal for a new IMF, insisting on accountability and governance. Jose de Gregorio is at Universidad de Chile, Santiago; Barry Eichengreen is at the University of California at Berkeley; Takatoshi Ito is at Hitotsubashi University; and Charles Wyplosz is at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva.

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José De Gregorio is Full Professor at the Department of Economics of the Universidad de Chile. He was Governor of the Central Bank of Chile from 2007 until 2011. Barry Eichengreen is George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California& #151;Berkeley. His books include The European Economy since 1945 (Princeton, 2007) and Global Imbalances: The Lessons of Bretton Woods (MIT, 2006). Takatoshi Ito is professor of economis at Hutotsubashi University. Charles Wyplosz is professor of international economics and director of the International Center for Monetary and Banking Studies at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva.

About this edition

• Publisher: Centre for Economic Policy Research
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1898128456
• ISBN 13: 9781898128458
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 155