Changing International Financial Architecture: Growing Chinese Influence?

It is often said that the 21st century will be the Asian century. Based on population and gross domestic product projections, it certainly looks as if this will be so. Will the existing international financial institutions give more voices, votes, and top positions to Asia? Or will Asia create its o...

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Published in:Asian economic policy review 2018-07, Vol.13 (2), p.192-214
Main Author: Ito, Takatoshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
21st century
Asian Financial Crisis
Capital
Capital movement
Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralization
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F32
F33
F34
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Financial institutions
G15
GDP
global financial crisis
Gross Domestic Product
IMF
International finance
international financial architecture
MDB
O11
O40
Projections
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Summary:It is often said that the 21st century will be the Asian century. Based on population and gross domestic product projections, it certainly looks as if this will be so. Will the existing international financial institutions give more voices, votes, and top positions to Asia? Or will Asia create its own institutions that would rival the old architecture? This present paper argues, first, that China, and possibly India, will be in a position to be so influential that the international financial architecture may have to go through significant changes. Second, the three large crises in the last 20 years have made Asian countries more confident that they can manage capital flows by accumulating large foreign reserves and by adopting sound macrofinancial policies. After 2009, China started to push various initiatives that will amount to creating its own sphere of influence with new regional institutions in the future.
ISSN:1832-8105
1748-3131
DOI:10.1111/aepr.12217