The path towards Arab and Euro-Mediterranean integration is challenging for all countries involved but the potential long term benefits are substantial. Multilateral trade initiatives which run parallel to "open" regional integration with the European Union and among Arab states can generate...

Institutional investors (insurance companies, investment companies and pension funds) have been gaining in importance in both OECD and non-OECD countries. The institutionalisation of savings is having a profound impact on the structure and functioning of capital markets. Institutional investors...

This report presents a detailed analysis of the Dominican Republic’s financial system and offers a series recommendations to develop the country’s capital markets. The country has recently made big advances in the development of its capital markets, achieving high solvency in the banking...

The Financial Indicators dataset in Main Economic Indicators (MEI) contains financial statistics on monetary aggregates, interest rates, exchange rates, government reserve assets and share prices. These indicators aim to capture in quantitative terms this important but heterogeneous and fast...

This review of Latvia by the OECD Committee on Financial Markets is part of a series of reviews of the financial system. The Committee was requested to examine Latvia’s position with respect to core principles related to financial systems.

This review of Colombia by the OECD Committee on Financial Markets is part of a series of reviews of the financial system. The Committee was requested to examine Colombia’s position with respect to core principles related to financial systems. The present report was finalised on the basis of...

This report reviews Estonia’s financial system, including its market and regulatory structure. It assesses whether it is market-oriented and sufficiently open, efficient and sound, based on high standards of transparency, confidence and integrity, for Estonia to be able to accept the...