After the US investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008, sparking a global financial crisis whose repercussions are still being felt, G-20 countries offered firm commitments to increase the IMF’s lending resources, thereby enabling the Fund to mitigate the effects of the crisis. Today, G-20 leaders must again use their influence over IMF policy, this time to push for timely forward guidance and another round of reform of the international financial architecture.
2008年美国投资银行雷曼兄弟倒闭并引发全球金融危机（其后果至今仍随处可见）后，G20纷纷做出了切实的承诺增加IMF的贷款资源从而使其能够减轻危机的影响。如今，G20领导人必须再次利用他们对IMF政策的影响力，推动及时的前瞻性指引和新一轮国际金融结构改革。