These regional groups might be used, inter alia, to develop more co-ordinated positions and attitudes in worldwide forums, to influence the shape of the reformed structure. The challenge is to use the lessons of the Asian crisis to build a more stable, resilient international framework. Australia has good credentials to play an active role in this.
25  Some of the important post-mortem discussions of the Mexican 1994/95 crisis took place within the G10 (e.g. the “Rey Report”), but as G10 includes only one Asian country (Japan), the opportunity for interaction with this region was minimal.