Globalization and the Reform of the International Banking and Monetary System

The book argues that a successful monetary and banking reform requires: a rollback of monetary nationalism and return to monetary internationalism; trust in the banking system with its basic functions restored; a balance between competition and solidarity in order to assure political and social acceptance of globalization.

Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction; O.Hieronymi From ''Global Finance'' to the Crisis of Globalization; O.Hieronymi An Agenda for the Reform of the International Monetary System; O.Hieronymi The Global Financial Crisis, Central Banking and the Reform of the International Monetary and Financial System; M.Sakbani The Role of the IMF; D.Kaeser The Financial Landscape - Seen From a Converging Country; P.Bod International Institutional Reforms Between Economic Growth and Sustainable Development; B.Burgenmeier The Impact of Corporate Governance on Financial Markets; A.Baladi Banks, Their Role and Responsibility in the Crisis, Their Future; E.Carton Sovereign Wealth Funds: Strategies of Geo-Economic Power Projections; G.Csurgai The WTO''s Doha Development Agenda: An Unclear Roadmap; S.Marchi The Multilateral Trading System: Special and Differential Treatment for Developing Countries in the WTO; C.Perez del Castillo Swiss Financial Self-Regulation Mechanisms in the Fight Against Money-Laundering and Terrorist Financing; N.Birchler An Epidemiologic Approach of Financial Markets; C.Viladent Notes Bibliography Index