Economic theory and financial policy : selected essays of Jacques J. Polak, 1994-2004 / Jacques J. Polak ; edited by James M. Boughton.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The essence of Bretton Woods -- The international monetary issues of the Bretton Woods era -- Fifty years of exchange rate research and policy at the International Monetary Fund -- The IMF and its EMU members -- The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund -- The articles of agreement of the IMF and the liberalization of capital movements -- Should the SDR become the sole financing technique for the IMF? -- Streamlining the financial structure of the International Monetary Fund -- International liquidity and the role of the SDR in the international monetary system -- The IMF monetary model at 40 -- The two monetary approaches to the balance of payments -- Is APEC a natural regional trading bloc? -- Financial relations between the Netherlands and Belgium, 1943 to 1993 -- Repairing the international monetary system.