Number: RS22976
Title: The Global Financial Crisis: The Role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Authors: Martin A. Weiss, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: This report discusses two potential roles the International Monetary Fund (IMF) may have in helping to resolve the current global financial crisis: (1) immediate crisis control through balance of payments lending to emerging market and less-developed countries and (2) increased surveillance of the global economy through better coordination with the international financial regulatory agencies.
Pages: 7
Date: December 1, 2008