New Priorities for an Era of Globalization
The international Monetary Fund (IMF ) marked its 60 anniversary. Created toward the end of the Second World War to establish a multilateral framework for trade and finance that would avoid the failings of the post-war period, the organization has seen, and adapted to huge changes in its 60-year history.
Economic and financial globalization has progressed throughout this period as markets in goods, services and capital have become increasingly integrated. such a world macroeconomic and financial stability is a vitally important public good.
From just 40 countries at the start, the IMF's membership is now nearly 2Iobal, as first developing countries and then the countries of the former Soviet Union joined. The new countries have thud problems Yen- different from the original members. This has led the IMF to adapt its role in many respects, while remaining true to its original mandate.
New Priorities for an Era of Globalization
The international Monetary Fund (IMF ) marked its 60 anniversary. Created toward the end of the Second World War to establish a multilateral framework for trade and finance that would avoid the failings of the post-war period, the organization has seen, and adapted to huge changes in its 60-year history.
Economic and financial globalization has progressed throughout this period as markets in goods, services and capital have become increasingly integrated. such a world macroeconomic and financial stability is a vitally important public good.
From just 40 countries at the start, the IMF's membership is now nearly 2Iobal, as first developing countries and then the countries of the former Soviet Union joined. The new countries have thud problems Yen- different from the original members. This has led the IMF to adapt its role in many respects, while remaining true to its original mandate.
