Promoting Better National Institutions: The Role of the IMF

ECONOMIC FORUMS AND INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS

Friday, November 8, 2002, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
IMF Auditorium (Enter via the IMF Center)
720 19th St. N.W., Washington, DC 

Transcript

Particularly since the Asian financial crisis, more attention is being given to the importance of domestic institutions in promoting sustainable growth and reducing vulnerabilities. What role, if any, can the international financial institutions—especially the IMF—play in this process? The following panelists will address this question:

Eduardo Aninat (Chair)
Deputy Managing Director
International Monetary Fund

Guillermo Ortiz
Governor
Bank of Mexico

Nancy Birdsall
President
Center for Global Development

Jeffrey Frankel
Professor of Economics
Harvard University

Jeffrey Sachs
Professor of Economics
Columbia University