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News Articles

Rethinking global economic governance in the 21st centurySeptember 22, 2006

This policy paper, entitled "Rethinking global economic governance in the 21st century", was presented on Sept 22, 2006 in Washington in the Atlantic Council of the United States with Randhall Henning from the Institute for International Economics. Please see below for the PDF of the paper.

American Philanthropic Foundations: Emerging Actors of Globalization and Pillars of the Transatlantic DialogueMay 29, 2006

This policy paper illustrates the increase in power of American philanthropic foundations in discussions dealing with globalization, in particular financing for development and Global Public Goods.

Op-Ed: International Monetary Fund and the World BankMay 11, 2006GMF Transatlantic Fellow Benoît Chervalier wrote an Op-Ed article about the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank for Challenges, a French economics newspaper.The reform of the IMF: the tree which hides the forestMay 09, 2006The International Monetary Fund (IMF) faces an identity crisis. Many member governments feel that the IMF is not responsive to their needs and that they lack the voice and vote, in other words, the influence, to bring about the institution.Enjeux globaux, peurs nationalesDecember 01, 2005L'Organisation mondiale du Commerce (OMC) est-elle en mesure de réussir son cycle de négociation?Réalités et Perspectives allemandesJanuary 11, 2005

On January 11, 2006, GMF Transatlantic Fellow Benoît Chervalier attended a debate in Paris held by Convictions, a French think tank. Benoit discussed the future of the Franco-German partnership and the European Union in a piece entitled “German Realities and Prospects” (in French).

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Grands enjeux économiques mondiaux du XXIème siècleFebruary 01, 2006

On February 1, 2006, GMF Transatlantic Fellow Benoît Chervalier attended a conference on trade and global governance at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris. The challenges presented by globalization remain high and this was an opportunity to compare freer trade policies and protectionism from a historical perspective. Below is Chervalier’s piece entitled “Great world economic stakes of the 21st century, between protectionism and liberalization: a need for world governorship” (PDF - in French).