This paper examines the implications of the Fund accepting membership in the Financial Stability Board ('FSB'). The FSB … becoming members but notes that ?the acceptance of membership by the international financial institutions (IFIs) in the FSB is … membership and is proposed below …

paper proposes Fund membership in the new association. The FSB was formed in 2009 and the Fund's Executive Board approved … the Fund's membership in 2010, which has provided the Fund with the necessary scope to engage and collaborate with the FSB …

impact of the increasing heterogeneity of the Fund's membership on the political equilibrium Fund size and hence its … effectiveness as a credit union. We find the Fund's existing lending framework is well suited to a world in which its members have … homogeneous interests, but as the membership has become more heterogeneous the Fund is increasingly unlikely to provide financing …