Reforming the Governance of the IMF and the World Bank (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Buira, Ariel

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857287144
• Artikelnr.: 44360935

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors; Foreword; 1. Introduction; 2. The Bretton Woods
Institutions: Governance without Legitimacy?; 3. Reforming the
International Monetary Fund: Towards Enhanced Accountability and
Legitimacy; 4. Improving IMF Governance and Increasing the Influence of
Developing Countries in IMF Decision-Making; 5. Issues on IMF Governance
and Represenation: An Evaluation of Alternative Options; 6. Making the IMF
and the World Bank More Accountable; 7. Purchasing Power Parities and
Comparisons of GDP in IMF Quota Calculations; 8. Measuring Vulnerability:
Capital Flows Volatility in the Quota Formula; 9. Enhancing the Voice of
Developing Countries in The World Bank: Selective Double Majority Voting
and a Pilot Phase Approach; 10. Voting Power Implications of a Double
Majority Voting Procedure in the IMF's Executive Board; 11. Power versus
Weight in IMF Governance: The Possible Beneficial Implications of a United
European Bloc Vote; 12. Changing IMF Quotas: The Role of the United States
Congress