IMF Institute Lectures
Lectures held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, November 2009. Lecture 1: The Challenges of Capital Inflows Including Aid Lecture 2: Sources of Growth […]
From Boom to Bust, Big Time: The Case of Iceland
Lecture at the Leif Eiriksson Icelandic Club of Calgary. Also given a lecture in the series The Richard and Margaret […]
Impact of Financial Crisis on Foreign Direct Investment and Overseas Development Assistance for the MEFMI Region
Presentation at the MEFMI Combined Forum of Ministers of Finance and Planning, Treasury Secretaries and Permanent Secretaries for Finance and Planning, […]
Governance, Iceland, and the IMF
The Icelandic collapse revealed shortcomings in the international community’s ability to respond to such an event. This column examines the […]
Seven patriotic songs
For mixed choir, set to the poems of six Icelandic poets: Jón Thoroddsen, Thorsteinn Gíslason, Einar Ól. Sveinsson, Snorri Hjartarson, […]
Is Iceland too small?
Is Iceland perhaps too small to be sustainable as a sovereign state? This column argues there are many reason why […]
IMF Institute/Joint Vienna Institute Lectures
Lectures held in Vienna, July 2009. The following four presentations from an IMF course on Macroeconomic Management and Financial Sector Issues […]
Iceland warms to Europe
Iceland’s dramatic crisis has given it reason to seek EU membership. This column lays blame for the disaster at the […]
A less-is-more growth strategy for Africa
If African countries were to adopt only one policy to boost economic growth and improve macroeconomic stability, they should reduce […]
Growing apart? A tale of two republics: Estonia and Georgia
We compare and contrast the economic growth performance of Estonia and Georgia since the collapse of the Soviet Union in […]