political issues: an accesible guide.This history and analysis of the euro and the European Central Bank traces the process of … making of European monetary unification since 1979, offers an accessible guide to the euro and the European Central Bank for … policy, monetary policy, the euro as unifier in the financial system, the payment system, the euro as an international actor …

design of supervision -- Banking crises and stability of the financial system -- Monetary and financial law reform in … financial architecture -- History of international monetary cooperation -- The law of the International Monetary Fund …

The euro is the second most important global currency after the US dollar. However, its international role has not … increased since its inception in 1999. The private sector prefers using the US dollar rather than the euro because the financial … the attractiveness of the euro outside the euro area requires, among others, a proactive role for the European Central …