How to fix the World Bank--in 1981
In 1981, I had been working in the US Treasury Department for more than five years on issues related to the roles of the IMF and World Bank.
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Apr 1, 20221 min read
No Country is Better Placed Than Canada to Fix the G20 (April 2022)
In my 19 April 2022 Letter to the Editor of the Financial Times, I suggested that the G20 global policy forum be replaced by a G15.
Jun 27, 20183 min read
Institutions are under existential threat, globally
In a June 2018 blog post for Brookings, I wrote that “deinstitutionalization” is leading to lives that will be nasty, brutish, and short.
Apr 18, 20173 min read
Liberating the World Bank (From the US)
In April 2017, The Globalist blog published a short version of my Brooking paper on separating the World Bank from the IMF.
Jun 30, 20165 min read
Focus on What Asia Wants
In this Brookings policy note ahead of the crucial London Summit, I stressed the importance of the Asian region in tackling global problems.
Mar 5, 20131 min read
Japan’s Big Chance to Contribute
In a Letter to the Editor of the Financial Times, I proposed choosing a Chinese person as the next president of the Asian Development Bank.
Sep 19, 20113 min read
New World Bank President? Another Tough Choice for Obama
In this Brookings blog post, I stressed the benefits of not putting forward another American to be next president of the World Bank.
Sep 15, 20116 min read
Bon Voyage, World Bank!
In the Brookings op-ed, I summarized the arguments from a long paper for moving the World Bank headquarters out of Washington DC.
Apr 7, 20093 min read
Assessing the G-20 London Summit: Voices in Play
In this Brookings op-ed, I highlighted China’s support for strengthening the IMF in the effort to recover from the Global Financial Crisis.
Mar 26, 20093 min read
Regional Voices in Global Governance: Looking to 2010 (Part IV)
In this last part of a series in The Globalist, I lay out the advantages of combining the G8 and G20 to make a better global forum.
Mar 25, 20094 min read
Regional Voices in Global Governance: Changing the G-8? (Part III)
This was my third contribution to a 4-part series published by The Globalist blog. I proposed replacing the G20 with a G15.
Mar 25, 20092 min read
The G-20 London Summit 2009
This Brookings report contains nine perspectives on global summitry. My perspective sketched out what Asian countries wanted.
Mar 24, 20095 min read
Regional Voices in Global Governance: The Role of Advocacy (Part II)
In this second contribution to a 4-part series published by The Globalist blog, I contrasted the roles of Indonesia and China in the G20.
Mar 23, 20094 min read
Regional Voices in Global Governance: A Natural Progression (Part I)
In the first of a 4-part series published by The Globalist blog, I reviewed the evolution of the G20 forum from a meeting in France in 1975.
Nov 17, 20083 min read
The G-20 Summit: The Medium was the Message
In this Brookings op-ed, I focused on the role of the emerging market country leaders in this new, for them, global forum.
Nov 12, 20082 min read
The G-20 Financial Summit: Seven Issues at Stake
Seven scholars contributed to this Brookings report. My part was “Keep the IMF at the Center”.
Oct 26, 20084 min read
The G-20 Summit: What’s It All About?
In this Brookings op-ed, I examine good and bad features of this important innovation in global governance.
Oct 5, 20081 min read
Separating the IMF and the World Bank
In a Brookings Policy Brief and a Working Paper, I made a radical argument for moving the World Bank out of Washington DC to Europe.
Nov 21, 20072 min read
Q&A on the ASEAN Summit
In this short Brookings Q and A, the first question I answered was “Why should Americans care about the ASEAN Community?”
Oct 18, 20073 min read
Why the Next President Should Care About the World Bank and the IMF
In this Brookings op-ed, on the threshold of the 2008 presidential election campaign, I listed four IMF/World Bank issues worth debating.
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