FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: CHRISTI HARLAN
Tuesday, March 7, 2000 202-224-0894

GRAMM SETS COMMITTEE HEARING
ON INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Sen. Phil Gramm, chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, has announced that the full committee will hear from members of the International Financial Advisory Commission (IFIAC) about the commission's final report outlining changes needed in international financial institutions, including the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

WHAT:

Final Report of the International Financial Institution Advisory Commission

WHEN:

10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 9, 2000

WHERE:

Room 628 Dirksen Senate Building

WHO:

Dr. Allan Meltzer
Chairman
International Financial Advisory Commission

Professor, Graduate School of Industrial Administration
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Dr. Jeffrey Sachs
Member
International Financial Advisory Commission

Professor, Center for International Development
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Dr. C. Fred Bergsten
Member
International Financial Advisory Commission

Director, Institute for International Economics
Washington, D.C.

Dr. Charles W. Calomiris
Member
International Financial Advisory Commission

Professor, Columbia Graduate School of Business
Columbia University
New York City, New York

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