This volume contains selected papers presented at the Eleventh SEACEN Meeting of Directors of Supervision held in Kuala Lumpur, 8-10 October 1997. It covers an opening address and introduction; financial system soundness and monetary and supervisory policies; approaches to risk-based...

This collaborative study reviews the current trend in adopting information technology of the banking industry in the SEACEN countries. It also examines the current supervisory environment and the supervisory risk management. Based on three surveys (Central Bank Supervisory Oversight, Financial...

Effective problem bank identification and resolution is crucial to ensure not only the soundness of a bank but also for the resilience of the financial system as a whole since banks are dominant players in the financial system. Successful problem bank management will reduce the potential of both...

This study attempts to observe the trends and patterns of capital flow in the SEACEN countries, review the major policy implementation and examine the impact of capital inflows, especially on growth and savings. Among others, this study, using the stationarity test on the time-series data,...

This collaborative research study assesses the export performance of the SEACEN countries; their involvement in designing and implementing export promotion strategies; as well as the problems and issues faced by them. The study also examines empirically the export-led growth hypothesis as well...

This study examines the information content of traditional monetary tools in revealing future movements of output and prices, based on information and data obtained from the member central banks as well as in-house database and using the Vector Auto Regression (VAR) approach. It is found that...

This study reviews the current development of the bond market in selected SEACEN member countries, identifies some constraints/challenges in developing the bond market, reviews measures taken to further develop the bond market, and examines implications of bond market development on central...

This study provides an overview of the public sector, including the public sector enterprises (PSEs) in the SEACEN region. It examines the nature of the public sector as well as gives an idea of the size of the public sector in selected SEACEN countries. Some discussion is also devoted to one...

This study attempts to review recent developments in the operations of foreign financial institutions in the SEACEN countries; examine the current policy on the participation of foreign financial institutions and their access to domestic business opportunities; assess the effects of evolving...

This publication reports the outcome of the study on Thailand. It is divided into two parts. The first part covers an overview of the leading indicator approach. It focuses on the procedure developed and used by the Centre for International Business Cycle Research (CIBCR) in dating the growth...