This is a paper delivered at the IMF-UNDP Seminar on Training of Government Officials in Techniques of Macroeconomic Management in Transition Economics: A Review of Experience and Future Needs held in July 1992, Washington, D.C. The paper outlines the development of central banking training...

This paper addresses the need for cooperation in central banking and traces the evolution of the research and training activities of The SEACEN Centre. It discusses the successor generation of central bankers; resources for cooperation in central banking; lessons learned; and, a vision of growth...

This paper analyzes the effects of the trade and financial networks on the propagation of the global financial crisis of 2008. We adopt a new methodology that incorporates a dynamic network approach into econometric analysis. Some interesting results are obtained. Firstly, both the trade and...

Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs) play a critical role in the financial system and the broader economy by facilitating the clearing, settlement and recording of monetary and other financial transactions and thereby maintaining and promoting financial stability and economic growth. However,...