Past Event
Congress: Global Finance and Global Development
The author of Legislating International Organization: The US Congress, the IMF, and the World Bank, will discuss how the U.S. Congress, tracing its long history of involvement with these institutions, wields significant influence. The impact of the 2008 financial crisis has focused American politics on the global role played by the IMF and World Bank.
This event will be held in B-340 Rayburn House Office Building.
Speakers
Kathryn C. Lavelle
Global Fellow;
Ellen and Dixon Long Professor of World Affairs, Department of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University
Ellen and Dixon Long Professor of World Affairs, Department of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University
Kent Hughes
Public Policy Fellow;
Former Director, Program on America and the Global Economy, Woodrow Wilson Center
Former Director, Program on America and the Global Economy, Woodrow Wilson Center