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IMF adapts and underpins legitimacy, Shaping the future of central banks

Commentary: IMF adapts and underpins legitimacy

By Mark Sobel in Washington

The two decades since the Asia financial crisis have not been easy for the International Monetary Fund. It grappled with the rise of China and emerging markets, and the 2008 financial crisis. Then it faced Europe’s crisis, including the Greek saga. During this tough period, the IMF has adapted its economic thinking, underpinned its legitimacy and repaired relations with Asia.

Operationally, the Fund overhauled its work....

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/27/imf-adapts-and-underpins-legitimacy-shaping-the-future-of-central-banks/

Past, present and future of the IMF, Islamic private equity podcast

Commentary: Past, present and future of the IMF

By Mark Sobel in Washington

This year’s International Monetary Fund-World Bank Group annual meetings will take place in Bali, Indonesia, two decades following the Asia financial crisis and in one of the countries that posed great challenges for the IMF at the time. In this three-part series, I will examine the difficulties faced by the Fund then, how it has evolved, and the trials ahead. The IMF has demonstrated its relevance to a new generation...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/26/past-present-and-future-of-the-imf-islamic-private-equity-podcast/

Risks of Belt and Road in Africa, Tokyo climate change seminar

Commentary: Risks of Belt and Road in Africa

By Kat Usita in London

Apprehension over China’s Belt and Road initiative continues to build. Some observers have accused Beijing of unduly exerting influence on other countries in the guise of infrastructure assistance. It is increasingly apparent that the risks to recipient African economies in particular are substantial, but their governments are left with little choice.

It will take several years of use before one can properly measure the full...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/25/risks-of-belt-and-road-in-africa-tokyo-climate-change-seminar/

Proposals for new Brexit statecraft, Launch of Absa Africa Financial Markets Index

Commentary: Proposals for new Brexit statecraft

By Joergen Oerstroem Moeller in Singapore

After the failure of the EU Salzburg summit to agree Theresa May’s plan for withdrawal, the chances that Britain will leave without a deal have risen significantly. What is needed is a different statecraft mapping out how this outcome can be turned into a partnership that both parties can accept.

Britain must realise that it was not asked to leave; it decided to leave. Equally, Brussels must accept that it is...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/24/proposals-for-new-brexit-statecraft-launch-of-absa-africa-financial-markets-index/

Remembering Reggie Dale, Banks prepared for ‘guillotine Brexit’, Islamic finance podcast

Reginald ‘Reggie’ Dale, 1940-2018

Obituary: Reginald ‘Reggie’ Dale, 1940-2018

Reginald ‘Reggie’ Dale, OMFIF advisers network member, who died on 18 September, was a much-admired commentator on European politics and economics with a matchless catalogue of contacts in Brussels. He spent many years with the Financial Times, reporting on Britain’s negotiations to join the European Economic Community, and latterly served as the newspaper’s US editor before joining the International Herald Tribune and...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/21/remembering-reggie-dale-banks-prepared-for-guillotine-brexit-islamic-finance-podcast/

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