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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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
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
In the News

[Without U.S. approval] the whole effort to make the IMF a more accountable, more legitimate institution worldwide cannot really be fulfilled.
February 15, 2013, Domenico Lombardi, Bloomberg
In the News

The main risk for the IMF is that it comes to be seen as less relevant to the region [Southeast Asia], both in terms of the advice it has to offer and in its role as provider of a financial safety net.
November 14, 2012, Eswar Prasad, Bloomberg
In the News

The [International Monetary Fund's] executive board is really the policy-making body of the institution. If you have a stronger voice in the executive board, you end up affecting the policies and the program of the institution.
October 14, 2012, Domenico Lombardi, Bloomberg
In the News

In addition to accepting a much more diluted influence among the G-20, Japan needs to adjust to the reality of no longer being the single most important power in Asia.
October 14, 2012, Domenico Lombardi, Wall Street Journal
Interview | CTV News

Mass Protests in Greece Against Merkel

October 9, 2012, Daniel V. Speckhard
Expert Q & A | Domenico Lombardi

IMF 2012 Annual Meeting: Venturing Into Uncharted Waters

October 5, 2012, Domenico Lombardi
In the News

We are very close to a full blown systemic crisis of the euro area and it is the IMF's duty to make sure the situation is stabilized. The conditions in which the IMF involvement will take place are extremely challenging and unprecedented. It puts the IMF at the heart of the euro area policymaking machinery.
October 2, 2012, Domenico Lombardi, Reuters