This collaborative research study is a comparative analysis of the way government and regulatory practices affect the performance of long-term financing for manufacturing and agricultural sectors in the SEACEN countries. The study also identifies policies and regulations which make the financing...

This study is divided into five chapters. Following an introductory chapter, the second chapter provides an overview of the commercial banking system and discusses real interest rates and spreads in the member SEACEN countries. The third chapter examines the factors affecting the lending rates...

In the last five years, oil prices have escalated with prices reaching their highest level of $77 per barrel in August 2006, or relatively the same level as the second oil price shock at the end of the 1970s. Even though the increasing oil price is significant, the impact on the economy as a...

This study examines various issues of development financing policy experienced in the SEACEN countries. It describes the extent of involvement of the central banks with respect to three broad categories, vis., the institutional aspects, the mobilization aspects and the allocation aspects, and to...

A research collaboration of member central banks and The SEACEN Centre, this book attempts to study the existing foreign exchange market structure in the SEACEN countries, and examine whether a further development of the foreign exchange market will help improve the effectiveness of foreign...

The main objective of the project is to analyse and assess the effectiveness of traditional monetary targetting in achieving the final targets of economic growth and price stability in a liberalised financial environment. It covers the important issue related to monetary targetting that is...

It is noted that one of the most important factors in promoting e-payment in the SEACEN countries is providing infrastructure. However, it is e-payments users' preferences that will determine the success of any payment instruments in the long-run. Other important factors include the adequacy of...

This study aims to analyse the impact on trade and investment in the SEACEN countries following China¡¯s entry into the WTO. The study finds that there is an increasingly urgent need for the SEACEN countries to build their own niches and make full use of China¡¯s business opportunities and...

The scope of this study is confined to the rationale and objectives of establishing NBFIs, the intermediary role of NBFIs, the various factors affecting monetary management, and some of the issues and problems associated with the growth of these NBFIs.

This study is divided into two parts. Part I covers the regional analysis of taxation of financial assets in SEACEN countries. It describes an overview of the tax system in the SEACEN countries and the impact of taxation of financial assets on savings. Part II consists of country chapters...