Views and Commentaries Index 2003

Views and Commentaries List 2003

These articles on issues of topical interest have been written by Management and staff of the IMF for publication in the media.

December
Exchange Rates Must be More Flexible: An Interview with Raghuram Rajan, Economic Counsellor and Director, Research Department, IMF Published in the Economic Times	December 23, 2003
The Fiscal Deficit Will Come Back To Haunt India : Interview with Raghuram Rajan, Economic Counsellor and Director, Research Department, IMF Published in the Financial Express	December 15, 2003
We can trade up to a better world -- A Commentary By Horst Köhler, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund and James Wolfensohn, President, The World Bank Group Published in the Financial Times	December 12, 2003

November
Japan: The path to financial health - A Commentary by Stefan Ingves, Director, Monetary and Finance Department, and Paul Hilbers, Advisor, Monetary and Finance Department	November 13, 2003
The three percent ceiling should not be treated as an absolute limit -- Interview with Horst Köhler, IMF Managing Director, by Georg Hoffmann-Ostenhof and Liselotte Palme Published in PROFIL	November 10, 2003

September
Globalization: Preserving the benefits, By Anne O. Krueger, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF Originally published in OECD Observer 240/241 December 2003 and in September 2003 on www.oecdobserver.org	September 25, 2003
Globalization - All together or not at all, Interview with Horst Köhler, Managing Director, IMF Published in DIE ZEIT	September 25, 2003
Pakistan and the IMF: A Relation of Trust, An Article By Henri Ghesquiere, Senior Resident Representative in Pakistan published in Business Recorder	September 23, 2003
The Emerging Truth of Going Global, A Commentary By Eswar Prasad, Assistant to the Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF and Kenneth Rogoff , Economic Counselor and Director, Research Department, IMF	September 02, 2003

July
IMF's Chief Economist Gets Set for the Next Move, An Interview with Kenneth Rogoff, Economic Counsellor and Director, Research Department, IMF Published in the Economic Times	July 18, 2003
Escape from Global Deflation, A Commentary By Kenneth Rogoff, Economic Counsellor and Director, Research Department, IMF Published in Nihon Keizai Shimbun	July 17, 2003

June
We Should Not Lose More Time, Interview with Horst Köhler, Managing Director, IMF Published in Manager Magazine	June 20, 2003

May
Strengthening Global Cooperation -- A Commentary by Shigemitsu Sugisaki, Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund published in the Business Standard	May 31, 2003
Early Action to Ward Off Deflationary Pressures Is Key -- A Commentary by Shigemitsu Sugisaki, Deputy Managing Director, IMF published in Nihon Keizai Shimbun	May 26, 2003

April
Case for Inflation Transparency, A Commentary, By Kenneth Rogoff, Economic Counselor and Director, Research Department, IMF Published in the Financial Times	April 23, 2003

February
Liberalisation is not Obligatory, A Letter to the Editor, By Jack Boorman, Special Advisor to the Managing Director, IMF Published in the New Straits Times (Malaysia)	February 25, 2003
Hard Choices to be Made, Commentary by Anthony Pellechio, Deputy Division Chief, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF Published in Nation (Barbados)	February 10, 2003
The IMF Strikes Back, By Kenneth Rogoff, Economic Counsellor and Director, Research Department, IMF Published in Foreign Policy Magazine	February 10, 2003
IMF Warns Against Single Currency in W/Africa, A Letter to the Editor By Thomas C. Dawson, Director, External Relations Department, IMF Published in This Day	February 06, 2003
The IMF did not Force Thailand to cut Public Health Spending, A Letter to the Editor By Thomas C. Dawson, Director, External Relations Department, IMF Published in the Tribune de Genève	February 05, 2003
IMF Explains Capital Flows Proposal, A Letter to the Editor, By Jack Boorman, Special Advisor to the Managing Director, IMF Published in the New Straits Times (Malaysia)	February 03, 2003