The dramatic events of the late 1990s, which followed a wave of financial crises going back to the early 1980s, brought to center stage the issue of financial sector policy in developing countries. Many recent books have presented a chronology and interpretation of the crises, but it is little...

Current issues in banking policy range from the need to construct basic institutions and incentive structures in transition economies, to the challenges posed by the increasingly complex interactions involved in contemporary banking. The authors of this report outline the basic regulatory...

Current issues in banking policy range from the need to construct basic institutions and incentive structures in transition economies - to the challenges posed by the increasingly complex interactions involved in contemporary banking. We outline the basic regulatory framework needed to reduce...

Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Part I Designing Policy for the Financial System -- Looking Back at the World BankÌs World Development Report 1989: Finance and Development -- From Good Bankers to Bad Bankers -- Impact of Early Financial Growth Strategies on Financial Structures...