This paper provides an overview of the complex conceptual and practical challenges thatemerging market economies face as they attempt to reform their frameworks for financialregulation. These economies are striving to balance the quest for financial stability with theimperatives of financial...

The financial crisis has re-ignited the fierce debate about the merits of financial globalizationand its implications for growth, especially for developing countries. The empirical literaturehas not been able to conclusively establish the presumed growth benefits of financialintegration. Indeed,...

In the wake of the global financial crisis that began in 2008, this book offers a systematic overview of recent developments in regulatory frameworks in advanced and emerging-market countries, outlining challenges to improving regulation, markets, and access in developing economies. - Provided...

Examines Asia's emerging markets, which survived the financial debacle of 2008-09 with only modest declines in growth; discusses activities that could dampen continuing development in these markets including inflation, surging capital inflows, asset and credit bubbles, and rapid currency...