CGD in the News

Your Turn: Should the U.S. Do More to Prop Up the IMF? (Washington Post blog)

May 26, 2009

A Washington Post blog previews CGD president Nancy Birdsall's Congressional testimony on the G-20 and low-income countries.

From the article:

"In addition, there will be questions about whether enough is being done by the United States, the IMF and others to help poorer countries. Amar Bhattacharya will be making a strong case for the world’s developing countries. (He helps run the G-24, which is an organization of the less rich.) Nancy Birdsall of the Center for Global Development will be supportive, but – based on past form – she is also likely to press hard for more reform in the governance of the IMF and the World Bank (who is in charge, how money is handed out, how much aid flows to poor countries)."

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