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Personnel changes at the International Monetary Fund and proposals for changing the fund have been reported lately. After a leng
Personnel changes at the International Monetary Fund and proposals for changing the fund have been reported lately. After a leng
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2009-06-24
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Personnel changes at the International Monetary Fund and proposals for changing the fund have been reported lately. After a lengthy public debate, the leading countries settled on another German, Horst Kohler, to replace Michel Camdessus as the IMF’s managing director. Unfortunately, the circus-like process began to resemble an affirmative-action procedure when it became clear that a particular nationality—German—was a prerequisite for the job.
Calls for changes at the IMF came in the report from Congress’ International Financial Institution Advisory Commission, led by Allan H. Meltzer. (I was a witness before the commission on issues related to inequality.) The Meltzer Commission’s report surprised me by not advocating abolition of the IMF. The report said: "The commission did not join the council of despair calling for the elimination of one or more of these institutions".
The commission came close to recommending abolition, however, by proposing a new IMF that would be limited to short-term-liquidity assistance to solvent economies, collection and publication of data, and provision of economic advice. The short-term-loan facility would represent a reasonable return to the IMF’s role under the Bretton Woods regime that prevailed until the early 1970s. However, that role expanded greatly in the 1990s, and it is not clear how such further expansion would be avoided under the new setup. So long as the IMF retains access to lots of money, it will be difficult to say no to large, insolvent countries, such as Mexico in 1995 and Russia in 1998. Past mistakes will probably be repeated, and the elimination of the IMF would have been a better choice.
I agree that the IMF’s role in the collection and distribution of data has been useful. An advisory role might also be satisfactory (and some of my friends and former students perform these tasks admirably). This function could be served just as well, however, by nongovernmental institutions. In any event, the demand for the IMF’s economic advice is likely to be low if it is no longer tied to qualifying for some of its loans.
The irony is that the IMF had available the ideal candidate in its deputy managing director, Stanley Fischer. Fischer not only is an outstanding economist but also has a pleasant and effective management style, together with experience at the fund. He also seemed ideal on political grounds because he was born in Africa, previously held a British passport (related to his residencies in the former British colonies of Northern and Southern Rhodesia), and now holds a U.S. passport. Apparently, Fischer’s British passport was not enough to make him European, much less German. Anyway, since my opinion of the IMF’s social value is unfavorable, I probably ought not to back the most capable candidate as managing director.
选项
A、elimination.
B、disappear.
C、abundance.
D、advocacy.
答案
A
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