Toward a New International Financial Architecture
Subtitle: A Practical Post-Asia Agenda
Publisher: Institute for International Economics
Published: February 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780881322705
Subjects: International Finance; Monetary policy; Finance; Business & Economics / Money & Monetary Policy; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; International Monetary Fund; Business/Economics; Financial crises; International - General; Economics - International; International organizations; Money & Monetary Policy; Business & Economics / Economics / International; Asia
First sentence: International economic policymakers are currently confronted by two urgent problems.
Description: The Asian financial crisis and the global economic turmoil that followed it have highlighted the need to avert financial crises and resolve them quickly if they do occur. This book addresses current concerns that existing institutional arrangements, including the Bretton Woods institutions, can no longer adequately cope with today's world of high capital mobility.

It provides a critical assessment of competing proposals to better predict, forestall, and resolve international financial crises and outlines a practical and pragmatic agenda for reform. The recommendations are based on the belief that financial markets can malfunction, creating a compelling case for a financial safety net (and therefore a role for the IMF), but also creating problems of moral hazard that must be addressed.