The evolving international monetary order and the need for an evolving IMF.(GLOBAL INSIGHTS)(International Monetary Fund )

From: Global Governance | Date: October 1, 2006| Author: Dodge, David; Murray, John | Copyright information

Earlier this year, Martin Wolf of the Financial Times used his column to pose an interesting question: If the International Monetary Fund did not exist, would we invent it? (1) His answer, at the risk of oversimplifying, was no, because today's world does not have the courage and vision to create powerful multilateral institutions. We are not sure that we agree with his answer or with his reasoning for it, but we are sure that this is exactly the kind of fundamental question that n...

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