There is an increasing need for a system of international lending of last resort (ILLR) to provide a safety net in the event of financial crises in vulnerable countries as financial globalization deepens and spreads. Multilateral progress to address liquidity and solvency crises has been patchy...

On 16th November 2009, SUERF, CEPS and the Belgian Financial Forum coorganized a conference "Crisis management at cross-roads" in Brussels. All papers in the present volume are based on contributions at the conference and the SUERF Annual Lecture which followed the event.

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: The management of banking crises in Italy: old and new solutions in a framework of increasing complexity -- Chapter 2: The overall picture. System weaknesses and individual problems -- Chapter 3: The Tercas case: a watershed -- Chapter 4: The first application...