Financial Systems

The IMF as Just One Creditor: Who's in Charge When a Country Can't Pay?

CIGI Papers No. 66

April 27, 2015

The international community's management of the 2010 financial crisis in Greece revealed a major gap in the international financial system. No single institution is any longer unambiguously in charge.

About the Author

James M. Boughton

James M. Boughton is a CIGI senior fellow. James’s research focuses on the evolution of Canada’s role in international governance since the 1940s and the potential for further evolution in the near future.

The IMF as Just One Creditor: Who's in Charge When a Country Can't Pay?

CIGI Papers No. 66

About the Author

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