Caroline Atkinson is a former Director of the IMF’s External Relations Department. She left the Fund in August, 2011 to join the White House as a special assistant to the President for international economic affairs. During her IMF career, she was also Deputy Director of the Western Hemisphere Department. Outside the Fund, she has held high-level positions at the Bank of England, the U.S. Treasury, and the Council on Foreign Relations. She also worked as a journalist for The Washington Post and  The Economist.       Latest Posts:

• Listening to Voices: The IMF’s Dialogue with Civil Society
• Life after the Crisis: A Perspective from Emerging Europe and Central Asia
• On the Road to IMF Governance Reform
• Debating the IMF with Students
• A Generous Host—Twice
• The World Goes to Istanbul
• Social Costs of Recession
• High-Stakes Choices In Next Stage of Crisis
• Amid Signs of Crisis Abating, IMF Invites Debate on Next Steps