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AmericasAugust 3 2009

Bharrat Jagdeo

Bharrat Jagdeo, Guyana's presidentGuyana's president laments the lack of consideration for smaller countries among the G-20 nations, and calls for a change in the relationship between international financial institutions and countries such as his. Writer Brian Caplen
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Bharrat Jagdeo

Reform of the international financial architecture was high on the agenda of this year's G-20 meeting in London in April. But smaller countries fear that things are not going in a direction that will help them. Guyana was in IMF programmes for 20 years so its president, Bharrat Jagdeo, knows a lot about their shortcomings. The Banker's editor, Brian Caplen, asked him how things could be improved and also got his assessment of the Guyanese economy.

Q: Is there a need for a new Bretton Woods type of reform?

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