Press Conference: The International Monetary Fund: What Reforms Are Still Needed?
WASHINGTON, July 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by New Rules for Global Finance:
The International Monetary Fund: What Reforms Are Still Needed?
Press Conference, July 15, 2009, 11:00AM-12:00PM
National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC20045
In addition to providing the IMF with more than $100 billion in new resources, how far will Congress go toward making the IMF a more accountable institution? Hear from prominent leaders who promote far-reaching reforms to the IMF; some are working to attach IMF reforms to the annual foreign aid spending bill passed last week by the House of Representatives, and soon to be considered by the Senate.
Presenters:
Jo Marie Griesgraber, Executive Director, New Rules for Global Finance
Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
