http://blogs.cfr.org/geographics/2009/04/01/imf-capacity/ from the Center for Geoeonomics Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:26:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.cfr.org/geographics/2009/04/01/imf-capacity/#comment-5 The IMF Reloaded…Remixed « Aaron Shaw’s weblog Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:00:18 +0000 http://blogs.cfr.org/geographics/?p=154#comment-5 [...] money shot for all you global governance and development geeks out there is a graph Curzon Price recycles from Paul Swartz at Council on Foreign Affairs Geo-Graphics [...] [...] money shot for all you global governance and development geeks out there is a graph Curzon Price recycles from Paul Swartz at Council on Foreign Affairs Geo-Graphics [...]

]]> http://blogs.cfr.org/geographics/2009/04/01/imf-capacity/#comment-2 Brad Setser: Follow the Money » Blog Archive » The London summit’s real achievement Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:56:27 +0000 http://blogs.cfr.org/geographics/?p=154#comment-2 [...] Capital flows had grown more rapidly than the IMF’s lending capacity. If capital flows were stable that wouldn’t have been a problem. But they weren’t, and the IMF’s small size really was crimping the world’s ability to respond to one aspect of the current crisis. As my colleagues at the Council’s Center for Geoeconomic Studies have documented, the expansion of the IMF’s lending capacity puts it back in the game. Do check out Paul Swartz’s graph. [...] [...] Capital flows had grown more rapidly than the IMF’s lending capacity. If capital flows were stable that wouldn’t have been a problem. But they weren’t, and the IMF’s small size really was crimping the world’s ability to respond to one aspect of the current crisis. As my colleagues at the Council’s Center for Geoeconomic Studies have documented, the expansion of the IMF’s lending capacity puts it back in the game. Do check out Paul Swartz’s graph. [...]

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