IMF Changing of the Guard : Sorry Tale of Leadership Transition

• Main Author: Lai, Jikon
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: East Asia and Asia Pacific; Country and Region Studies
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104465; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49498
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

An opportunity to reform the process of appointing the leadership position of the IMF has surfaced but it is unlikely to be seized. Instead, liberal values such as meritocracy, diversity and representation are likely to be sacrificed on the altar of ‘convention’.