April 06, 2009
Forbes publishes CGD senior fellow Arvind Subramanian's op-ed on the G-20 outcomes.
From the article:
"Judged against the low expectations before the G-20 meeting, the outcome of the London summit meeting was not too bad. The G-20 communiqué signaled one clear and important achievement: beefing up the resources of the International Monetary Fund substantially; and, by agreeing to issue $250 billion new Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), this beefing up has been accomplished in a sensible way. New SDRs are like usable foreign exchange for countries that do not have enough reserves. They are to come unencumbered so they can be used quickly."