Globalization and the International Financial System

What's Wrong and What Can Be Done

Peter Isard

384 pages, parution le 17/03/2005

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Résumé

Economic globalization has given rise to frequent and severe financial crises in emerging market economies. Other countries are also unsuccessful in their efforts to generate economic growth and reduce poverty. This book provides perspectives on various aspects of the international financial system that contribute to financial crises and growth failures, and discusses the remedies that economists have proposed for addressing the underlying problems. It also sheds light on a central feature of the international financial system that remains mysterious to many economists and most non-economists: the activities of the International Monetary Fund and the factors that influence its effectiveness. Dr Isard offers policy perspectives on what countries can do to reduce their vulnerabilities to financial crises and growth failures, and a number of general directions for systemic reform. The breadth of the agenda provides grounds for optimism that the international financial system can be strengthened considerably without revolutionary change.

Demystifies the International Monetary Fund and elaborates on the factors that influence its effectiveness
Accessibly surveys the literature on the causes of international financial crises and current thinking about crisis prevention and resolution
Summarizes the factors that can stimulate or impede economic growth and poverty reduction, using no math

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Part I. Background:
- Introduction
- The evolution of the international monetary system
- The International Monetary Fund
Part II. International Financial Crises and Obstacles to Growth
- Factors contributing to international financial crises
- Effects of financial crises and controversies over how to respond
- Perspectives on economic growth and poverty alleviation
Part III. The Agenda for Reform
- What can individual countries do?
- How can the international financial system be reformed?

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Peter Isard
Parution	17/03/2005
Nb. de pages	384
Format	15 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	510g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521605076
ISBN13	978-0-521-60507-6