This paper analyzes the linkages between capital account liberalization and other policies influencing financial sector stability. Drawing on country experiences, the paper develops an operational framework for sequencing and coordinating capital account liberalization with other policies aimed...

Financial boom-bust cycles -- Lending booms and lending standards / Giovanni Dell'Ariccia, Robert Marquez -- Are weak banks leading credit boom? : Evidence from emerging Europe / Deniz Igan, Natalia Tamirisa -- Growth dynamics : the myth of economic review / Valerie Cerra, Sweta Chaman Saxena --...

This chapter provides an overview of market practices, market structure, and official supervision and regulation in financial markets. This paper also highlights the key features of modern banking and over the counter (OTC) derivatives markets that seem to be relevant for assessing their...

This Selected Issues paper tries to answer the question of how to promote employment in Uganda. It also discusses key stylized facts including labor market challenges, an overview of the labor market, and employment characteristics. Although issues relating to the determinants of employment are...