José Antonio Ocampo is a Professor at Columbia University and Chair of the Committee for Development Policy of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). He has previously held positions as the UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and Minister of Finance, Minister of Agriculture, and Director of the National Planning Office of Colombia. He has been awarded the 2012 Jaume Vicens Vives award of the Spanish Association of Economic History for the best book on Spanish or Latin American economic history, the 2008 Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought, and the 1988 Alejandro Angel Escobar National Science Award of Colombia.

José Antonio Ocampo, one of the world class economists, offers us here the elements of a comprehensive yet evolutionary reform of the international monetary system. This book is a urgent read for the G20, and for all those who consider a stable system to be key to international public good.

• 1: A Brief History of the International Monetary System Since Bretton Woods 2: The Provision of Global Liquidity: The Global Reserve System 3: Global Monetary Cooperation and the Exchange Rate System 4: Capital Account Liberalization and Management 5: Resolution of Balanace of Payments Crises: Emergency Financing and Debt Workouts 6: The Governance of the International Monetary System 7: Reforming the (Non)System

José Antonio Ocampo is a Professor at Columbia University and Chair of the Committee for Development Policy of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). He has previously held positions as the UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and Minister of Finance, Minister of Agriculture, and Director of the National Planning Office of Colombia. He has been awarded the 2012 Jaume Vicens Vives award of the Spanish Association of Economic History for the best book on Spanish or Latin American economic history, the 2008 Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought, and the 1988 Alejandro Angel Escobar National Science Award of Colombia.

José Antonio Ocampo, one of the world class economists, offers us here the elements of a comprehensive yet evolutionary reform of the international monetary system. This book is a urgent read for the G20, and for all those who consider a stable system to be key to international public good.

• 1: A Brief History of the International Monetary System Since Bretton Woods 2: The Provision of Global Liquidity: The Global Reserve System 3: Global Monetary Cooperation and the Exchange Rate System 4: Capital Account Liberalization and Management 5: Resolution of Balanace of Payments Crises: Emergency Financing and Debt Workouts 6: The Governance of the International Monetary System 7: Reforming the (Non)System

José Antonio Ocampo is a Professor at Columbia University and Chair of the Committee for Development Policy of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). He has previously held positions as the UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and Minister of Finance, Minister of Agriculture, and Director of the National Planning Office of Colombia. He has been awarded the 2012 Jaume Vicens Vives award of the Spanish Association of Economic History for the best book on Spanish or Latin American economic history, the 2008 Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought, and the 1988 Alejandro Angel Escobar National Science Award of Colombia.

José Antonio Ocampo, one of the world class economists, offers us here the elements of a comprehensive yet evolutionary reform of the international monetary system. This book is a urgent read for the G20, and for all those who consider a stable system to be key to international public good.

• 1: A Brief History of the International Monetary System Since Bretton Woods 2: The Provision of Global Liquidity: The Global Reserve System 3: Global Monetary Cooperation and the Exchange Rate System 4: Capital Account Liberalization and Management 5: Resolution of Balanace of Payments Crises: Emergency Financing and Debt Workouts 6: The Governance of the International Monetary System 7: Reforming the (Non)System