Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction and Summary -- The IMF and the International Monetary System -- Governance of the IMF -- IMF Lending Facilities -- IMF Financial Resources -- References -- Chapter 2 Overview on IMF Reform -- IMF Activities and Reform...

The World Bank is a prestigious and large international financial institution. Since its foundation it has widened the scope and the size of its activities. One interpretation of what the World Bank is doing is the provision of public goods. If we take this interpretation seriously the...

A consensus has developed that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is not fulfilling its role, prompting multiple proposals for reform. However, this paper argues that the focus on reform should be complemented with an exploration of alternatives outside the IMF which hold the potential to not...

In this article I offer a possible framework for our discussions (both written and verbal) in the Journal-sponsored Fall 2007 Symposium on "Law and Policy in International Financial Institutions." I am pleased to have been helping to organize the symposium, mainly because the issues at play are...