James Flaherty, finance minister of Canada
With the rise of the G-20, some commentators have written off the G-7. Canada's finance minister James Flaherty dismisses this idea. He spoke to Brian Caplen at the IMF/World Bank meetings last month.
James Flaherty, finance minister of Canada
With the rise of the G-20, some commentators have written off the G-7. Canada's finance minister James Flaherty dismisses this idea. He spoke to Brian Caplen at the IMF/World Bank meetings last month.
H E Rasheed Al-Maraj, Governor, Central Bank of Bahrain
The malaise that has hit the world's economies has left Bahrain relatively unscathed, leaving the country to concentrate on its Islamic finance offerings.
Ian Hurst, general manager for the global financial services sector, IBM
Technology can only go so far in helping to explain and predict global systemic risk. However, financial services firms must still be able to adapt to the changing environment and their customers' demands.
Paul Volcker, former chairman of the US Federal Reserve and chairman the US's economic recovery advisory board
The order in which the world will emerge, post-recession, may still be unclear, writes Paul Volker, but a long slog can be expected. However, when the dust settles, there will still be few competitors to challenge the US dollar as the world's predominant currency.
Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank
The severe impact of the global downturn on emerging economies in Africa is often ignored by the West but the African Development Bank is working hard to preserve growth across the continent.
Nanno Kleiterp, CEO and Chairman of the Management Board, FMO (Netherlands Development Finance Company)
Development finance institutions can help companies in emerging markets overcome the short-term crisis created by global banking groups' lack of credit, but local banks must pick up the gauntlet in the long term.
Multilateral support has surged in importance in central and eastern Europe as the era of excess leverage unwinds. However, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will stay true to its principles.
Thomas Mirow, President of EBRD
Multilateral cross-border solutions to create international policy co-ordination are essential for the effective protection of the global financial system
The president of the Inter-American Development Bank explains how it will be working to help Latin American and Caribbean countries to help themselves in 2009.
The former UK prime minister turned international envoy talks about his latest initiatives for improving African governance. Interview by Peter Guest.