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Global Institutions
Why the sudden interest in the SDR, July 2009
Seizing the Moment at the London Summit--What to Do with the IMF, March 2009
Returning to rules--Reform of the IMF February 2009
Where is the IMF...and Does It Matter, December 2007
The Global Crisis
How did we get here? Where are we headed?--Keynote address to Canadian Association of Insurance and Restructuring Professionals,
August 2009.
Global Capital Flows
The endless debate on large capital inflows and what to do about them, March 2008
The Crisis and Emerging Europe's Growth Model-December 2009
The Crisis:The not-so-good, the bad, and the ugly--ppt for conference at Center for Social and Economic Research, Warsaw,
November 2009
Strengthening the Ties that Bind in the Enlarged EU (original version modified for publication in Het Financieele Dagblad,
May 12, 2006, Il Sole, May 14 2006, Rzeczpospolita, May 17, 2006, Suddeutch Zeitung, September 5, 2006).
Interview with IMF Survey on assessing the early benefits of EU Enlargement, November 2006
Fiscal Rules
Enhancing the Credibility of Fiscal Policy--The Role of Fiscal Responsibility Laws and Fiscal Councils, remarks at the Belgian
IMF/World Bank Constituency meeting, Istanbul, June 10, 2005