Opening Address.- Opening Address.- I National Monetary Policies.- 1. What role for monetary policy today?.- 2. US monetary policy in recent years: an overview..- 3. Monetary control: the British experience..- 4. Monetary control: the German experience..- 5. Monetary control: the Dutch experience..- II International Monetary Coordination.- 6. International monetary policy to promote economic recovery..- 7. European monetary cooperation and financial stability..- 8. The optimal exchange rate system and its significance for economic recovery..- 9. Policies and responsibilities of the International Monetary Fund: back to basics.- III Monetary Conditions for Economic Recovery.- 10. Lessons of the monetarist experiment..- 11. The significance of recent experience with monetary policy in shaping future economic policy..- 12. Monetary conditions for economic recovery: the Dutch perspective..- 13. Monetary conditions for economic recovery: the international perspective..