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Bringing Balance to the IMF Reform Debate:

Bringing Balance to the IMF Reform Debate:. Central Asian Perspectives* May 16, 2008 * Chatham House Rule: content shared; invitees identified; but not “who said what.”. The Principal Sponsors of the overall project are: Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Waterloo, Canada

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Bringing Balance to the IMF Reform Debate:

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  1. Bringing Balance to the IMF Reform Debate: Central Asian Perspectives* May 16, 2008 *Chatham House Rule: content shared; invitees identified; but not “who said what.”

  2. The Principal Sponsors of the overall project are: • Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Waterloo, Canada --Bessma Momani • Global Economic Governance Programme, Oxford University --Ngaire Woods • New Rules for Global Finance Coalition --Jo Marie Griesgraber

  3. Overall Funding from • Centre for International Governance Innovation • Ford Foundation • Rockefeller Brothers Fund

  4. North Asia Regional Meeting Organized by GEG with Peking University, September 2007

  5. Middle East and North Africa Organized by CIGI in Amman Jordan March 2008 Funding from CIGI

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. Policy Advocacy • US Presidential candidates’ 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

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