Reforming the IMF for the 21st century / Edwin M. Truman, editor.

"April 2006."

Papers and comments delivered at a September 2005 conference held at the Institute for International Economics, in Washington, D.C.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and summary / Edwin M. Truman -- Overview on IMF reform / Edwin M. Truman -- IMF view on IMF reform / Rodrigo de Rato -- IMF: back to basics / Timothy D. Adams -- IMF and the international monetary system -- Currency manipulation and enforcing the rules of the international monetary system / Morris Goldstein -- Revamping the international monetary system / John Williamson -- Regional arrangements and the International Monetary Fund / C. Randall Henning -- IMF and the capital account / Rawi Abdelal -- Governance of the IMF -- Rearranging IMF chairs and shares: the sine qua non of IMF reform / Edwin M. Truman -- IMF governance and the political economy of a consolidated European seat / Lorenzo Bini Smaghi -- Internal governance and IMF performance / Miles Kahler -- Latin American view of IMF governance / Martin Redrado -- New steering committee for the world economy? /rC. Fred Bergsten -- IMF lending facilities -- Case for a lender-of-last-resort role for the IMF / William R. Cline -- Case against the IMF as a lender of final resort / Gregor Irwin and Chris Salmon -- Stability and social investment facility for high-debt countries / Kemal Dervis and Nancy Birdsall -- Case for an IMF insurance facility / Tito Cordella and Eduardo Levy Yeyati -- Shock-smoothing facility for the IMF / Kristin Forbes -- Policy support instrument: a key component of the recent IMF reform movement / John B. Taylor -- IMF facilities for poststabilization low-income countries / Steven Radelet -- Reflections on the function and facilities for IMF lending / Michael Mussa -- IMF financial resources -- Does the IMF need more financial resources? / Ariel Buira -- How should IMF resources be expanded? / Desmond Lachman -- Is the SDR a monetary dodo?: this bird may still fly / Karin Lissakers -- Moving forward -- IMF adrift on a sea of liquidity / Barry Eichengreen -- MF reform: attaining the critical mass / Mohamed A. El-Erian -- IMF in perspective / Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa -- IMF reform: a Chinese view / Yu Yongding -- IMF reform package / Edwin M. Truman.