April 5, 2006 New Rules for Global Finance Coalition Meeting Agenda

 

IPS Conference Room

1112 16th Street, NW   #600

Wednesday, April 5, 2006

3:30 – 5:30 p.m.

 

I.    Establishment of Tax Justice USA (Bill Fant)

II.   Spring Meetings

III.  Announcements

IV.  NGOs forum on G8 will take place in Moscow on March 9-10, 2006 (Nancy Alexander)

V.    Seminar on IMF Reform: Where should the IMF Go? Guest Speaker Ralph Bryant (at 4:30-5:30 pm)

 

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

 

At this month’s New Rules for Global Finance Meeting we will be having a one hour business meeting followed by an open to the public discussion on the future directions for the IMF.  We have invited Ralph Bryant to join us for an hour of conversation and discussion. Ralph, a fellow at Brookings, is a noted macro-economist who has written extensively about the Fund.  http://www.brookings.edu/scholars/rbryant.htm

 

This conversation is designed to stimulate debate about a proposal made during the March New Rules meeting where we considered an “IMF Reform” project, such as an international conference to highlight progressive and alternative proposals for reform of the IMF.

 

In agreeing to meet with us on Wednesday, April 5, Ralph promised to provoke and to ignite some sparks! 

 

So do plan on coming to a lively and enlightened conversation!

 

Our business session will extend from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.; Ralph will join us at 4:30.

 

We meet at the Institute for Policy Studies Offices located at 1112 16th Street, NW, Suite 600. (Farragut West on the Orange Line and Farragut North on the Red Line)

 

See you Wednesday!