April 2007 IMF Spring Meetings Civil Society Policy Forum

Date: Thursday, April 12, 2007

Time: 9:00 am - 10:30 am

Venue: World Bank, MC-C1-100, 1818 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433

RSVP not required, but you must have CSO Accreditation to attend this session during the World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings.

For more details: High Level Panel on IMF Board Accountability

Web cast of the event

Speakers:

• Jo Marie Griesgraber, Executive Director, New Rules for Global Finance Coalition;
• Daniel Kaeser, Former IMF Executive Director for Switzerland;
• Monica Blagescu, Accountability Program Manager, OneWorld Trust

In light of the many calls for the reform of the International Monetary Fund, the New Rules for Global Finance Coalition convened a panel with diverse backgrounds to assess how the governance and performance of the IMF could be improved. New Rules invited a diverse group of individuals to participate in a High-Level Panel to identify ways to move the Executive Board toward greater accountability. The Panel focused its recommendations on steps that were both feasible in the short-term and promised to contribute to significant change in the accountability of the IMF over the long-term. For this reason, the Panel chose to give priority to those recommendations that would be consistent with the current legal framework of the Fund, namely, the Articles of Agreement. Please join us for a presentation of the key findings and recommendations of the High-Level Panel on IMF Board Accountability.

Press Release: Report Makes Recommendations on IMF Accountability, IMF Listening (4/10/2007)

Download: Key Findings and Recommendations of the High-Level Panel on IMF Board Accountability

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