"Examines the more dynamic role Asian nations are playing within the G-20 and in multilateral organizations concerned with governance of global economic and financial affairs, brought about by the rapid development of Asian economies in recent decades"--Provided by publisher

Ch 1 Reform of the International Monetary System: Introduction and Overview (Masahiro Kawai, Peter J. Morgan) Part I International Monetary System Reforms Ch 2 International Monetary Reform: A Critical Appraisal of Some Proposals (Yung Chul Park, Charles Wyplosz) Part II Managing International...

This paper investigates the political economy foundations of international Monetary Fund (IMF) surveillance by developing a taxonomy that accounts for its differential impact across the membership and examine its rationale in light of how surveillance has historically affected members' economic...

It has taken two crises - the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998 and the global financial crisis of 2007-2009 - for the international community to seriously focus on the reform of the international financial architecture for crisis prevention, management and resolution. Facing the global...

Deepening market-driven economic integration in East Asia makes intraregional exchange rate stability across the region increasingly desirable and necessary. This paper suggests that East Asia’s emerging economies begin with a currency basket system based on the G3 (US, Euro area and Japanese)...

Following the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis, financial authorities in ASEAN+3 embarked on several new initiatives for East Asia's financial cooperation, including: (i) regional economic surveillance led by the Economic Review and Policy Dialogue (ERPD); (ii) a regional liquidity support...