Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/53615 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
ADBI Working Paper No. 230
Publisher: 
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Tokyo
Abstract: 
This paper discusses the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralization (CMIM); its origin, development and future outlook. It puts forward a number of proposals to make the liquidity support role of the CMIM more effective. It is further argued that the CMIM can bring about major changes to the policy institutional infrastructure of the East Asia region, particularly through the establishment of an Independent Surveillance Unit (ISU). The ISU can provide technical and secretariat support to financial cooperation processes in the region, which have thus far been driven by officials on a part-time basis. Consolidation of the main financial forums in the region is also proposed, specifically the Finance Minister Process and the Central Bank Process. Membership of these two processes should be expanded and unified, with the ISU providing technical and secretariat support. It is argued that regular policy meetings can be institutionalized and that this could enhance the role of East Asia in the global financial arena, whilst facilitating policy cooperation, with important regional and global implications.
JEL: 
E02
E44
F33
F36
F42
F55
G15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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