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Harold James is Professor of History and International Affairs at Princeton University and Professor of History at the European University Institute, Florence. His most recent book is The Creation and Destruction of Value: The Globalization Cycle (Project Syndicate, 17/05/11):
How the mighty International Monetary Fund has fallen. More than a decade ago, the French magazine Paris Match carried a picture of the Fund’s then Managing Director, Michel Camdessus, with the title: “The Most Powerful Frenchman in the World.” Today, his successor, Dominique Strauss-Kahn (DSK), handcuffed and grave in ubiquitous front-page photos, is the most humiliated Frenchman in the world.
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Por Joseph E. Stiglitz, profesor de la Universidad de Columbia, Premio Nobel de Economía y autor de Freefall: Free Markets and the Sinking of the Global Economy (Project Syndicate, 05/05/11):
La reunión anual de primavera del Fondo Monetario Internacional fue notable ya que marcó el esfuerzo del Fondo para distanciarse de sus propios dogmas de hace muchos años sobre los controles de capital y la flexibilidad del mercado laboral. Parece que un nuevo FMI gradualmente -y cautelosamente- ha surgido bajo el liderazgo de Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
Poco más de 13 años antes, en la reunión de Hong Kong del FMI … Seguir leyendo
Par Vincent Brossel, chercheur Asie de RSF, et Jean-François Julliard, secrétaire général de Reporters sans frontières (LIBERATION, 27/10/09):
Dominique Strauss-Kahn a tranché. Le Fonds monétaire international (FMI) qu’il préside a débloqué 2,5 milliards de dollars [1,6 milliard d’euros] pour renflouer les caisses du Sri Lanka. Le rôle du FMI est certes d’aider les pays en difficultés financières, mais Strauss-Kahn n’avait-il pas promis que ce soutien irait vers les pays respectant la bonne gouvernance, dont la liberté de la presse est l’une des conditions ? Le Sri Lanka avait besoin d’argent pour payer la note d’une guerre civile qui a ravagé le pays pendant … Seguir leyendo
Implicaciones de la pasada cumbre del G-20 para el Fondo Monetario Internacional. Por Javier Díaz Cassou, London School of Economics y Fundación CILAE (REAL INSTITUTO ELCANO, 06/05/09):
Tema: Tras la cumbre del G-20 celebrada en Londres el pasado 2 de abril se puede concluir que a medio y largo plazo sólo se consolidará la posición de liderazgo del FMI si se reforma su gobernabilidad.
Resumen: La pasada cumbre del G-20 se centró principalmente en el Fondo Monetario Internacional, adoptando una serie de decisiones que pretenden fortalecer la red de protección financiera multilateral proporcionada por esta … Seguir leyendo
By John Lipsky, first deputy managing director of International Monetary Fund (THE WASHINGTON POST, 10/10/08):
After several years of exceptional progress, the global economy is entering a major slowdown. The risks of a more worrisome outcome are palpable. The International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook released this week notes that many advanced economies are close to or are moving into recession; growth in emerging economies also is weakening.
With the crisis spreading, it would be easy to give in to deep pessimism. Nonetheless, there are good reasons for hope that a protracted downturn can be avoided and that the … Seguir leyendo
By George Monbiot (THE GUARDIAN, 17/04/07):
The disease that afflicts all British governments is an inability to let go. Unable to accept the end of empire, they cling to past glories. However much they speak of modernity and democracy, they cannot help managing other people’s lives, preserving foreigners – often at gunpoint – from the mistakes they would make if they were allowed to govern themselves.I was going to call this an imperial delusion, but Britain has been remarkably successful at defending its powers. Our government has retained a permanent seat on the UN security council. Its membership of the … Seguir leyendo
Por Santiago Fernández de Lis. Banco de España (REAL INSTITUTO ELCANO, 26/10/06):
Tema: En este documento se analizan las modificaciones de las cuotas de algunos países miembros acordadas en las reuniones anuales del Fondo Monetario Internacional, celebradas en Singapur en septiembre de 2006, así como la reforma anunciada de su método de cálculo en un horizonte de dos años.
Resumen: Los acuerdos alcanzados en Singapur suponen el lanzamiento de una reforma en profundidad de las cuotas de los países miembros en el FMI, que resultan claramente obsoletas. Se ha acordado abordar este proceso en dos fases. En … Seguir leyendo
By Joseph E. Stiglitz, a professor of economics at Columbia and the author, most recently, of “Making Globalization Work,” was awarded the Nobel in economic science in 2001 (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 03/10/06):
THE International Monetary Fund meeting in Singapore last month came at a time of increasing worry about the sustainability of global financial imbalances: For how long can the global economy endure America’s enormous trade deficits — the United States borrows close to $3 billion a day — or China’s growing trade surplus of almost $500 million a day?
These imbalances simply can’t go on forever. The … Seguir leyendo
By Johannes F. Linn, Wolfensohn Center Executive Director, and Colin I. Bradford, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Global Economy and Development Program (THE WASHINGTON POST, 27/09/06):
At the meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank in Singapore last week, a modest, but important first step was taken to improve the governance structure of the IMF by increasing the shares given to the four most under-represented countries on the IMF’s Board of Directors: China, South Korea, Mexico and Turkey. Since quota shares determine votes at the board of the IMF, as well as … Seguir leyendo
Par Jean-Pierre Robin, chroniqueur économique au Figaro (LE FIGARO, 13/09/06):
Sale temps pour la mondialisation. L’été 2006 sera-t-il marqué d’une pierre noire pour ses deux institutions phares ? L’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) a subi un échec cuisant en juillet lorsque Pascal Lamy, son directeur général, a dû se résigner à suspendre sine die les négociations du cycle de Doha. Faute d’une volonté politique des pays du Nord et du Sud pour ouvrir un peu plus leurs frontières.
Aujourd’hui, c’est vers le Fonds monétaire international (FMI) que les regards se tournent, alors que son assemblée annuelle se tiendra la … Seguir leyendo
By John W. Snow, secretary of the Treasury (THE WASHINGTON POST, 21/04/06):
This weekend finance officials from across the globe will gather in Washington to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing the international economy. The outlook is strong, with 2006 set to be the fourth straight year of above 4 percent global growth — the first time that has happened since the early 1970s. And this prosperity is widespread, with signs of solid growth in Japan and the beginning of a recovery in Europe.
But it’s when times are good that we must be especially vigilant in looking for … Seguir leyendo
El Fondo Monetario en foco. Fernando Henrique Cardoso, sociólogo y escritor, presidente de Brasil de 1999 al 2003 (LA VANGUARDIA, 21/05/04).
Acelerar las reformas. Juan José Toribio es director del IESE en Madrid y ex director ejecutivo del FMI (EL PAIS, 09/05/04).
Un policía que aprende. Manuel Conthe es socio-director del área internacional de Analistas Financieros Internacionales (EL PAIS, 09/05/04).
El FMI que encontrará Rodrigo Rato. Joaquín Muns es ex director ejecutivo del FMI, catedrático de la Universidad de Barcelona y consejero del Banco de España (EL PAIS, 28/04/04).