Erkki Liikanen: The IMF - internal governance, crisis management and its involvement in low-income countries

12/10/2004 | www.bis.org

Statement by Mr Erkki Liikanen, Governor of the Bank of Finland and Governor of the International Monetary Fund for Finland.

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