Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Introduction -- Part 1 Overview -- The Eclipse of the G-7 -- Global Economic Governance: Some Thoughts on our Present Discontents -- Discussion -- Part 2 Governance and Mandates of the IFIs -- Transforming the IMF into a World Central Bank -- The Governance of the International Monetary Fund -- Global Financial Institutions for the Next Century -- Francisco Sagasti -- Catherine Gwin -- Discussion -- Part 3 Long-term Development and Financing in Low-income Countries
Financing Long-term Development in sub-Saharan AfricaMultilateral Cooperation for Development: Views on the Eve of the Halifax Summit -- Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile -- I.G. Patel -- John Lewis -- Mohammad Sadli -- Discussion -- List of Participants
Summary
Fifty years on, the reform of the Bretton Woods institutions -- the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund -- has become a lively issue. The G-7 industrialized countries took a first bite at this subject during their Halifax Summit, and the debate continues. A group of experts from all continents met in Ottawa to give challenging advice to the summiteers and beyond, ranging from the view that the G-7 itself is in eclipse to an argument for turning the IMF into a central world bank. This book contains the seven papers and a summary of the discussion from that meeting, sponsored jointly by the International Development Research Centre and the North-South Institute
Notes
Papers from a conference organized by the North-South Institute and the International Development Research Centre and held May 2, 1995, in Ottawa, Ont
