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What developing countries want from IMF reform

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There is almost universal agreement that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) needs to reform its governance structure and operational approach. This is a report from regional meetings that happened all over the developing world. It brings together priorities identified by finance minsters, central bankers and senior advisers.

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Learning from past banking crises - which policy responses work?: ( L. Laeven;F. Valencia / IMF Publications , 2008); A new dataset from the IMF on banking crises has been compiled. It claims to be the most complete and detailed on banking crises to date. The information covers the timing of systemic crises between 1...
Why trade liberalisation is not working for Africa and how to remedy this: ( S. Gayi;J. Nkurunziza;M. Halle / United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development , 2008); This report from UNCTAD examines Africa’s export performance after trade liberalisation to draw lessons for use in the design of future development strategies. Liberalisation over the last 25 ye...
Pension benefits still not reaching those eligible: ( E. Hayes / Age Concern , 2008); In August 2003 there were 1.8 million pensioners in the UK receiving Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG – Income Support for Pensioners). Pension Credit replaced MIG and provided additional support s...
How improved data provision can assist pension policy: ( R. Tanton;Y. Vidyattama;J. McNamara / National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, University of Canberra , 2008); In recent months in Australia there has been extended debate about the adequacy of the old age pension to provide an acceptable standard of living. Projected increases in the number of age pension rec...
Changing poverty incidence through changing poverty measures?: ( A. W. Parsons / Share The World's Resources , 2008); The recent revision of the World Bank’s international poverty line, from $1.08 to $1.25 a day, classified an additional 430 million people as living in extreme poverty. Despite this the Bank cla...
What developing countries want from IMF reform: ( D. Lombardi / New Rules for Global Finance , 2008); There is almost universal agreement that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) needs to reform its governance structure and operational approach. It needs to become more effective in monitoring intern...
Defaults on mortgage payments begin to hit the elderly: ( A. Shelton / AARP Public Policy Institute , 2008); Homeowners age 50 and over have been significantly affected by the mortgage crisis, according to this US analysis of data on the mortgage crisis by age. More than 684,000 homeowners age 50 and over we...
Draft review of the implementation of the Monterrey Consensus: ( Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations , 2008); The international community will be meeting in Doha in December to review the implementation of the Monterrey Consensus (2002). This landmark agreement sought to establish a framework and condition...
Extracting housing equity will impact on future retirees: ( A.H. Munnell;M. Soto / Center for Retirement Research, Boston College , 2008); House prices rose 60 percent between 2000 and 2007 before the housing bubble burst in the United States. Has the housing boom made people better or worse prepared for retirement?...
Canadian perspective on key institutional and cultural changes prompted by the wave of new retirees: ( , 2008); Corporate and community leaders and researchers will be giving increasing attention to the question of what adjustments will be needed as a consequence of the wave of retirements in the years ahead. T...