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A Global Shared Societies Agenda: The Role of the IMF
Publication Year: 2012 Publisher: Friedrich-Ebert-StifungBackground
This paper is written in response to a series of three conferences organized between April 2011 and April 2012 at the International Monetary Fund by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Club de Madrid and Center of Concern. The conference series has posed timely and important questions about the social and political challenges presented by inequality and the global economic policy framework needed to support and nurture equitable development and Shared Societies.
The author's participation in this project has led him to reflect upon which way the causality with regard to shared societies and economic vitality runs. Does the promotion of equitable and shared societies produce sustainable development and growth? Or does sustainable growth promote equity?
These questions lie at the heart of political debates in many countries, but according to the author, there is increasing evidence supporting the first proposition. It is hoped that this paper will help inspire further research into the questions raised by the prospect of a Global Shared Societies Agenda, and particularly, of the role of the International Monetary Fund in it.
The author's participation in this project has led him to reflect upon which way the causality with regard to shared societies and economic vitality runs. Does the promotion of equitable and shared societies produce sustainable development and growth? Or does sustainable growth promote equity?
These questions lie at the heart of political debates in many countries, but according to the author, there is increasing evidence supporting the first proposition. It is hoped that this paper will help inspire further research into the questions raised by the prospect of a Global Shared Societies Agenda, and particularly, of the role of the International Monetary Fund in it.
