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The recruitment of the IMF MD has turned into quite a controversy. For an interesting set of views, see this page on the website of The Econ...

Many people believe that the exchange rate regime (i.e. the monetary policy regime) of each country is its own sovereign choice. In the Gr...

The G-20 communique comprises three documents: the main note , one on the financial system and one on international financial ...

See the editorials in Indian Express and Financial Express , Jayanth Varma , and the background to this.

Here's C. Fred Bergsten (Testimony at the US House of Representatives) on what deal the G-20 countries should shoot for. The early indi...

Even if you're overloaded with too many things being written about the global financial crisis, do look at these four most-useful read...

The IMF released two documents on 4 February: India: 2007 Article IV Consultation , and India: Selected Issues . Selected Issues While a...

A lot of people have been thinking about the evolution of the IMF and the World Bank. I wrote an article Fund and Bank: Where do India's...

I attended a talk by Mervyn King, who is Governer of Bank of England, in Delhi. The talk, which was organised by ICRIER, was titled Reform o...