Global, Financial and Monetary Governance, the EU, and Emerging Market Economies
27-29 September 2006
De Nederlandsche Bank (Dutch Central Bank)
In line with the broad thematic remit indicated in its title, this conference aims to integrate research and expertise across several
disciplines and professional backgrounds, bringing together:
Policy makers, NGO and private sector representatives, and academics
Current issues from monetary politics, financial regulation and 'economic development'
Expertise focusing on the national, the regional (European and other) and the global level
Issues confronting highly industrialised countries, emerging market economies, developing countries and countries in transition
Normative and empirical questions
The financial crises in the last decade has generated a consensus that there is room for improvement in the global financial architecture
(GFA). After initial radical ideas were rejected as impractical, the discussion has become limited, however. This conference wants to help
broaden its scope again, in particular in relation to poverty reduction, development goals and financial stability issues in a range of countries around the world.
General questions the conference will address include:
What is the appropriate balance between public and private forms of authority in global financial governance in rules setting, enforcement, and decision-making?
What is the appropriate public-private balance in terms of burden sharing in both crisis prevention and resolution?
How might the global financial architecture be made more compatible with the specific aspirations of countries in terms of economic development and legitimate national political processes?
How best to balance issues of accountability and legitimacy at the national and global level, with the need to build an architecture
which is sensitive to both national policy concerns and other social developmental objectives?
What are the implications of monetary and financial governance for questions of gender across a wide range of societies?
How can the economically disadvantaged best be represented in the global financial architecture, recognizing that improving their
development prospects is a principal aim of global financial governance?
What role can and should the EU play in monetary and financial governance in the loight of both efficiency and legitimacy considerations?
In addition to plenary sessions and a limited number of roundtables a range of workshops will form the heart of the conference. These are
meant to facilitate active participation by all those attending. Backed up by conference papers or speeches provided and disseminated
beforehand, both practitioners and academics will present their vision on the central question or theme of the workshop. The programme of
workshops will be drawn up on the basis of paper proposals submitted.
For further information on the conference in general, suggested workshop themes, the selection procedure and deadlines for papers, and
GARNET in general please consult: http://wi-garnet.uni-muenster.de/index.php?id=196