Waterloo, Ontario – June 14, 2013 – Asian and BRICS’ nations’ growing economic weight and prominence in the G20 affords them a unique opportunity to play a constructive role in reforming the international monetary system (IMS), in key areas such as currency internationalization and orderly adjustment. These are among the conclusions of a new paper series co-published by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and the Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research (HKIMR).
The 10 papers in The BRICS and Asia, Currency Internationalization and International Monetary Reform series, authored by esteemed academic and policy experts, are based on presentations at a conference in Hong Kong, China, which was co-hosted by the three partner organizations. The conference examined: a range of views on the fundamental systemic problems that are a catalyst for international monetary reforms; views from the BRICS and Asian countries, as well as regional considerations regarding the measures that key countries are already taking to respond to the challenges of the IMS, including currency internationalization; and options and preferences for orderly adjustment of the IMS.
The first four papers in the series are:
- Global Turmoil: The International Monetary System Today
Benjamin J. Cohen, Louis G. Lancaster Professor of International Political Economy at the University of California, Santa Barbara
- Brazil: Policy Responses to the Global Crisis and the Challenges Ahead
Monica Baumgarten de Bolle, director of the Institute for Economic Policy Studies (Instituto de Estudos de Politica Economica/Casa das Garcas)
- A Practical Approach to International Monetary System Reform: Building Settlement Infrastructure for Regional Currencies
Changyong Rhee, chief economist and officer-in-charge of the Office of Regional Economic Integration at the Asian Development Bank
and Lea Sumulong, senior economics officer at the Economics and Research Department of the Asian Development Bank
- The Russian Federation: International Monetary Reform and Currency Internationalization
Juliet Johnson, associate professor of political science at McGill University
The remaining six papers will be published in the coming months. For more information on The BRICS and Asia, Currency Internationalization and International Monetary Reform series, including free PDF downloads of each paper, please visit: http://www.cigionline.org/series/brics-and-asia-currency-internationalization-and-international-monetary-reform.
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