About the Authors
CIGI Senior Fellow Bessma Momani has a Ph.D. in political science with a focus on international political economy and is a full professor and associate vice‑president, international at the University of Waterloo.
Dane Rowlands received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Toronto and is currently the Paterson Professor of International Affairs at Carleton University. He teaches and conducts research on international development, the International Monetary Fund, conflict management and migration.
Debra Steger is professor emerita at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law and a senior fellow at CIGI and the C. D. Howe Institute. She was the first director of the Appellate Body Secretariat of the World Trade Organization.
Eric Santor is research director and assistant chief of the Global Issues Division, International Department at the Bank of Canada.
Thomas A. Bernes is a CIGI distinguished fellow. After an illustrious career in the Canadian public service and at leading international economic institutions, Tom was CIGI’s executive director from 2009 to 2012.
Randall Germain is a professor at Carleton University and chair of the Department of Political Science.
Robert Lavigne is principal researcher of the Global Issues Division, International Department, at the Bank of Canada. He works on IMF reform issues, notably surveillance reform, and advises the Canadian office at the Fund on policy issues discussed by the Executive Board. His other areas of interest include the economics of fiscal adjustment, global imbalances and the international monetary system.
Roy Culpeper is president of the North-South Institute, where he conducts research on international finance issues, and has directed a comprehensive study of four regional development banks.
James A. Haley is a senior fellow at CIGI and a Canada Institute global fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars in Washington, DC.
