International Monetary Fund

In Brief

Established at the end of World War II to restore economic stability, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) promotes financial cooperation and growth among its 185 member countries. To cope with increasing challenges of the global economy, the IMF has promoted greater transparency of financial markets and pursued governance reform within the organization.

REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin - British Prime Minister David Cameron (C) chairs a meeting on the humanitarian situation in Syria at the G20 summit in St Petersburg, September 6, 2013.

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Strengthening the Early Warning Exercise

September 2013, Bessma Momani , Skylar Brooks, Michael Cockburn, Warren Clarke and Dustyn Lanz

Bessma Momani, Skylar Brooks, Michael Cockburn, Warren Clarke and Dustyn Lanzargues examine the challenges have prevented the Early Warning Exercises (EWE), created to identify vulnerabilities within the global financial system and encourage appropriate policy response, from realizing its full potential.

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Opinion | Project Syndicate

The End of Convergence?

October 3, 2013, Kemal Derviş
Opinion

Can Egypt Really Blame the IMF?

June 19, 2013, Hafez Ghanem
Opinion | Project Syndicate

Balancing Technocrats with Democratic Politics

May 10, 2013, Kemal Derviş
Opinion | OpenCanada.org

Our Job Deficiency: A Challenge to the IMF-World Bank

April 29, 2013, Bessma Momani
In the News

Ultimately, if we are going to have legitimacy of [the IMF and World Bank], if we are going to have future funding, contribution and buy-in by the wealthiest countries, which will continue to be emerging market economies, we need to see this kind of reform [of giving more voting power to emerging nations] take place.
March 29, 2013, Bessma Momani , Voice of America
Opinion

How African Governments Should Respond to the Impact of the U.S. Sequester

March 27, 2013, Julius Agbor and Brandon Routman
Blog Post

Cyprus II: Considerable Improvement, but Serious Risks Remain

March 25, 2013, Douglas J. Elliott | comments
Opinion | CIGI

Is Russian Peter Being Used to Pay the Cypriot's Paul?

March 21, 2013, Bessma Momani
Interview | GlobalPost

What's the Big Deal about Cyprus?

March 20, 2013, Michael W. Klein
In the News

Having spearheaded IMF reform efforts in the first place, the U.S. is now holding its completion back.
March 11, 2013, Domenico Lombardi, Financial Times