RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Johannes F. Linn, November 18, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Johannes Linn comments on the final report issued in October 2009 by the High-Level Commission on Modernization of World Bank Group Governance. He reviews key recommendations and examines reform challenges the World Bank faces moving forward. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Kemal Derviş, October 08, 2009, The Brookings Institution
The fall global economic agenda is well underway with the completion of the G-20 Pittsburgh Summit and the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings in Istanbul. Kemal Derviş discusses the key themes coming out of these “historic” meetings, highlighting the essential roles of both the informal and formal channels of global economic governance and the way forward after the crisis. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Kemal Derviş, October 04, 2009, IMF-World Bank 2009 Annual Meetings
During a lecture at the IMF-World Bank 2009 Annual Meetings, Kemal Derviş discussed global growth prospects following the economic crisis and the role that supply side factors and macroeconomic management can play. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Homi Kharas, September 24, 2009, The Brookings Institution
A topic of discussion at previous G-20 summits, IBRD resources are central to helping poor countries survive this economic crisis. Homi Kharas discusses the importance of making IBRD resources much more widely available to promote development and urges G-20 leaders to continue talks about this issue at the summit in Pittsburgh. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Domenico Lombardi, July 07, 2009, CIGI/Chatham House
Discounted by many observers only a year ago, the International Financial Instiutions (IFIs) have been bolstered by support of the G20 process. Domenico Lombardi discusses how the G20 can be used as catalyst for reform within international finance. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Johannes F. Linn, March 30, 2009, The Great Debate - Reuters blog
Reform of the IMF and World Bank is one of the tasks for the G-20 Summit in London. Johannes Linn suggests steps for critical action to help ensure early recovery from the current global financial crisis and the future capabilities of these institutions. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
March 26, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Leaders of the Group of 20 (G-20) countries met in London on April 2 for their second summit on the global financial crisis. In a new set of articles, Brookings experts addressed the critical issues for policy-makers and offered guidelines for more effective global coordination. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Domenico Lombardi, March 10, 2009, Center for Global Development
Will the G-20 be able to offer recommendations for the outdated governance systems of the IMF and the World Bank? Domenico Lombardi suggests a focus on the Bretton Woods model could provide the needed guidance. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Johannes F. Linn, February 25, 2009, The Brookings Institution
The April 2, 2009 G-20 Summit should focus on easing the impact of the global financial crisis—particularly on the world’s poor. Leading up to the summit, Johannes Linn lists recommendations for critical World Bank reform so that the global institution can aid the developing world during this time of crisis.
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Homi Kharas, February 11, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Affected by the financial crisis, the world’s poorest countries are facing a development emergency. Cutbacks in foreign aid and devalued currencies are wiping out aid contributions that supply the world’s poor with basic necessities—food, education, and healthcare. Billions of aid dollars are sitting in Washington, ready for disbursement but hindered by bureaucracy. Homi Kharas outlines steps to accelerate the disbursement of this aid so that poor countries can receive the help they need. Read More
PAST EVENT
Monday, February 09, 2009
9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
London, England
In advance of the April G-20 leaders' summit in London, Brookings organized a high-level seminar with the British government and relevant experts to discuss and debate the most critical issues for the summit meeting. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made introductory remarks at the session, calling for a "bold leap forward" to prevent future financial crises, and noted that the IMF and World Bank need to change their roles post-crisis. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William A. Galston, December 18, 2008, The American Interest
William Galston examines what’s wrong with our current political institutions, given the current financial crisis and lack of coherent governance, and proposes how to create a better government. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Colin I. Bradford, Johannes F. Linn and Paul Martin, December 17, 2008, The Brookings Institution
Paul Martin, former Prime Minister of Canada, and Senior Fellows Colin Bradford and Johannes Linn assess the successful G20 Summit, its impact on global governance and provide recommendations for President-elect Obama. They argue that the next administration can build an inclusive and cooperative summit group to resolve the current financial and economic crisis as well as address other major complex global challenges and opportunities. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Lex Rieffel, November 12, 2008, The Globalist
As G-20 leaders prepared to meet in November, many called for a “Bretton Woods II” as the next step toward preventing future financial meltdowns. Lex Rieffel argues that this proposal is problematic because it lumps the World Bank with the IMF and argues for a strengthened IMF. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ralph C. Bryant, November 09, 2008, The Brookings Institution
World leaders are gathering this weekend at the G-20 summit in Washington to discuss the global economic and financial crisis. In the first of his two pieces, Ralph Bryant lays out general principles for international cooperation in the supervision and regulation of financial activity. In the second piece, he identifies difficult challenges confronting the participating countries and the international institutions—such as the IMF, the Bank for International Settlements and the Financial Stability Forum—that will be the locus of cooperative efforts. Read More