At this difficult time, all of us working for the central bank must rethink the mission for our time. In the global age in which economic borders are disappearing, we must boldly break down barriers that have  BIS Review 47/2010  3  limited our scope for thinking and behavior.
Opportunities and challenges for the G-20 as a forum  It seems that while the G-20 has moved beyond its teething problems and idealism as a forum for cooperation and coordination and has actually produced tangible outcomes, we have now reached the stage where we run the risk of being viewed as a forum where process issues have become more prominent and actions more difficult to agree on or implement.