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Changing International Financial Architecture: Growing Chinese Influence?

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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.

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  • Takatoshi Ito, 2018. "Changing International Financial Architecture: Growing Chinese Influence?," Asian Economic Policy Review, Japan Center for Economic Research, vol. 13(2), pages 192-214, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:asiapr:v:13:y:2018:i:2:p:192-214
    DOI: 10.1111/aepr.12217
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