Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-327) and index.

History of the Global Financial System -- The Latin American and African Debt Crisis of 1982 -- The Brady Plan of 1989 to 1994 -- The Asian Financial and Economic Crisis of 1997 -- The Post-Asian Crisis International Financial Architecture : 1998 to 2008 -- The Argentine Implosion of 2001 -- The Story of Debt Relief -- Causes of the GFC of 2008 -- International Responses to GFC -- Post-crisis International Financial Regulation -- The Dodd-Frank Act : The US Legislative Response -- Regulatory Measures for Developing Nations -- Global Measures : National Balance Sheet Structures -- Global Measures : Bank Levies and Financial Taxes -- Global Measures : A Sovereign Bankruptcy Regime -- Global Measures : IMF Reform -- The Road Ahead.