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Bringing Balance to the IMF Reform Debate. Latin American and Caribbean Perspectives April 10, 2008. The Principal Sponsors of the overall project are: Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Waterloo, Canada --Bessma Momani - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Bringing Balance to the IMF Reform Debate
Latin American and Caribbean
Perspectives
April 10, 2008
The Principal Sponsors of the overall project are:
1. Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Waterloo, Canada
--Bessma Momani
2. Global Economic Governance Programme, Oxford University
--Ngaire Woods
3. New Rules for Global Finance Coalition--Jo Marie Griesgraber
Overall Funding from
• Centre for International Governance Innovation
• Ford Foundation
• Rockefeller Brothers Fund
North Asia Regional Meeting
Organized by GEG with Peking University,
September 2007
Middle East and North Africa
Organized by CIGI at the UN University in Amman Jordan
March 2008
Funding from CIGI
Latin America and the Caribbean
Organized by New Rules with the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University,
hosted by Brookings Institution.
April 10, 2008
Funding from CIGI
Sub-Saharan Africa
Organized by New Rules, GEG, and Debt Relief International, Maputo, Mozambique
May 16, 2008
Funding from Oxfam/Novib on behalf of Oxfam International
Central Asia & Mongolia
New Rules as lead organizer, with CASE-Kyrgyzstan, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
May 20-21
Funding from Open Society Institute’s Asia & Middle East Program
Concluding Conference
CIGI Headquarters in Waterloo, outside Toronto, July 19, 2008
Representatives from each regional meeting share their respective recommendations, and interact with senior economists regarding systemic economic issues and the IMF’s role.
Products
• Academic volume with papers from each regional meeting by regional experts. Edited by Dr. Bessma Momani
Published by CIGI
• Summary of recommendations for use in policy advocacy work
Policy Advocacy
• US Presidential candidate's advisors• Executive Board of the IMF• Open seminar in Washington, mid-
September• Report with Oxfam International for WB-
IMF Annual Meeting• Input into the Doha follow-on conference
for Financing for Development: Qatar November 29-December 2, 2008