Introduction: the challenges and prospects of global financial integration Geoffrey R. D. Underhill, Jasper Blom and Daniel Mügge; Part I. History and Context: Input, Output and the Current Architecture (Whence it Came): 1. Financial governance in historical perspective: lessons from the 1920s Randall Germain; 2. Between the storms: patterns in global financial governance 2001–7 Eric Helleiner and Stefano Pagliari; 3. Deliberative international financial governance and apex policy forums: where we are and where we should be headed Andrew Baker; 4. Finance, globalisation and economic development: the role of institutions Danny Cassimon, Panicos Demetriades and Björn Van Campenhout; Part II. Assessing the Current Financial Architecture (How Well Does it Work?): 5. Adopting international financial standards in Asia: convergence or divergence in the global political economy Andrew Walter; 6. The political economy of Basel II in the international financial architecture Stijn Claessens and Geoffrey R. D. Underhill; 7. The catalytic approach to debt workout in practice: coordination failure between the IMF, the Paris Club and official creditors Eelke de Jong and Koen van der Veer; 8. Empirical evidence on the new international aid architecture Stijn Claessens, Danny Cassimon and Björn van Campenhout; 9. Who governs and why? The making of a global anti-money laundering regime Eleni Tsingou; 10. Brazil and Argentina in the global financial system: contrasting approaches to development and foreign debt Victor Klagsbrunn; 11. Global markets, national alliances and financial transformations in East Asia Xiaoke Zhang; Part III. What Does the Future Hold? Reactions to the Current Regime and Prospects for Progress (Where is it Going?): 12. Changing transatlantic financial regulatory relations at the turn of the millennium Elliot Posner; 13. Monetary and financial co-operation in Asia: improving legitimacy and effectiveness? Heribert Dieter; 14. From microcredit to microfinance to inclusive finance: a response to global financial openness Brigitte Young; 15. Combating pro-cyclicality in the international financial architecture: towards development-friendly financial governance José Ocampo and Stephany Griffith-Jones; 16. Public interest, national diversity and global financial governance Geoffrey R. D. Underhill and Xiaoke Zhang; Conclusion: whither global financial governance after the crisis? Daniel Mügge, Jasper Blom and Geoffrey R. D. Underhill.