bringing balance to the imf reform debate

Bringing Balance to the IMF Reform Debate

Latin American and Caribbean

Perspectives

April 10, 2008

The Principal Sponsors of the overall project are:

1. Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Waterloo, Canada

--Bessma Momani

2. Global Economic Governance Programme, Oxford University

--Ngaire Woods

3. New Rules for Global Finance Coalition--Jo Marie Griesgraber

Overall Funding from

• Centre for International Governance Innovation

• Ford Foundation

• Rockefeller Brothers Fund

North Asia Regional Meeting

Organized by GEG with Peking University,

September 2007

Middle East and North Africa

Organized by CIGI at the UN University in Amman Jordan

March 2008

Funding from CIGI

Latin America and the Caribbean

Organized by New Rules with the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University,

hosted by Brookings Institution.

April 10, 2008

Funding from CIGI

Sub-Saharan Africa

Organized by New Rules, GEG, and Debt Relief International, Maputo, Mozambique

May 16, 2008

Funding from Oxfam/Novib on behalf of Oxfam International

Central Asia & Mongolia

New Rules as lead organizer, with CASE-Kyrgyzstan, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

May 20-21

Funding from Open Society Institute’s Asia & Middle East Program

Concluding Conference

CIGI Headquarters in Waterloo, outside Toronto, July 19, 2008

Representatives from each regional meeting share their respective recommendations, and interact with senior economists regarding systemic economic issues and the IMF’s role.

Products

• Academic volume with papers from each regional meeting by regional experts. Edited by Dr. Bessma Momani

Published by CIGI

• Summary of recommendations for use in policy advocacy work

Policy Advocacy

• US Presidential candidate's advisors• Executive Board of the IMF• Open seminar in Washington, mid-

September• Report with Oxfam International for WB-

IMF Annual Meeting• Input into the Doha follow-on conference

for Financing for Development: Qatar November 29-December 2, 2008