Research and Draft Papers

New Rules is tracking the G20's assignments to the Financial Stability Board and the IMF. The first paper in this project describes the FSB, the quintessential black box. The second paper is a matrix of the assignments and what has happened since the G-20 summits. This is an interactive project and we need the help of academics and other civil society organizations to ensure accurate and timely reporting.

New Rules commissioned Adam Hersh, Ph.D. candidate in economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, to describe how the Financial Stability Board works and to design a matrix on what the G20 assigned to the IMF and/or the Financial Stability Board.

These are issues that are hard to research and track. On the FSB paper, we have presented what is available publicly; we are hoping people in this network will be able to add additional bits of information, to these documents which will be shared/edited using google docs.

CONTRIBUTE TO THIS WORK

Please post comments / editorial suggestions / and new information on the draft documents on the below links using googledocs.

1. Introduction to the Financial Stability Board and the International Financial Reform Agenda
2. Monitoring Commitments and Compliance of the G20 Framework for Strong, Sustainable, and Balanced Growth
3. Matrix of G20 Commitments on the Global Financial System

On the matrix, we want to track first the assignments from the G20 to the IMF and FSB, and then the follow up actions.

The next phase will include evaluations of the assignments as well as the follow ups; followed soon by alternative proposals, trying to focus mainly on recommendations from the Global South.

Please email your contributions to ahersh[at]econs[dot]umass[dot]edu.