If emerging markets are to achieve their objective of joining the ranks of industrialized, developed countries, they must use their economic and political influence to support radical change in the international financial system. This working paper recommends John Maynard Keynes's "clearing...

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Why Crisis Resolution? -- Purging Unhelpful Myths -- Closing the Gap Between Rhetoric and Reality -- Agenda for Reform -- Structure of the Book -- Chapter 2 New Nature of Emerging-Market Crises -- Sources of...

This paper studies how the currency composition of public debt affects debt sustainability in developing countries. We show empirically that the debt-to-GDP ratio tends to grow at a faster rate when countries with a high share of foreign currency debt face a currency depreciation. The paper also...