Statistical Capacity Building: Case Studies and Lessons Learned

Current Developments in
Monetary and Financial Law, Volume 4

© 2005 International Monetary Fund

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Contents

Preface
     
I.   DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW AND AT THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
  1   Current Legal Aspects of Monetary Sovereignty
      François Gianviti
  2   The International Monetary Fund and Current Account Convertibility
      Hector Elizalde
  3   The Obligation of Members to Provide Information to the International Monetary Fund Under Article VIII, Section 5: Recent Developments
      Ross Leckow
  4   The International Monetary Fund's Work on Financial Stability
      Glenn Gottselig and Anne-Marie Gulde-Wolf
  5   Recognition of Governments in International Organizations, Including at the International Monetary Fund
      Ramanand Mundkur
 
II.   CENTRAL BANKING ISSUES
  6   The Three Pillars of Central Bank Governance: Toward a Model Central Bank Law or a Code of Good Governance?
      Fabian Amtenbrink
  7   Central Bank Autonomy, Accountability, and Governance: Conceptual Framework
      Tonny Lybek
  8   Interaction of Monetary and Fiscal Policies: Why Central Bankers Worry About Government Budgets
      Paul Hilbers
  9   Varieties of Central Bank-Executive Relationships: International Evidence
      Pierre L. Siklos
 
III.   SOVEREIGN DEBT RESTRUCTURING
  10   Designing a Legal Framework to Restructure Sovereign
Debt
      Sean Hagan
  11   Inside the Black Box: How Should a Sovereign Bankruptcy Framework Be Structured?
      Patrick Bolton and David A. Skeel, Jr
     
IV.   FINANCIAL SYSTEM SUPERVISION
  12   Guiding Principles on Regulation and Supervision of Microfinance
      Robert Peck Christen, Timothy Lyman, and Richard Rosenberg
  13   Supervision of Financial Conglomerates in the European Union
      Michael Gruson
  14   The Regulation and Supervision of Informal Remittance: Emerging Oversight Strategies
      Samuel Munzele Maimbo
 
V.   MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCING OF TERRORISM
  15   Reaching the White-Collar Terrorist: Operational
Challenges
      Jeff Breinholt
  16   Recent Developments in International Monetary Fund Involvement in Anti-Money Laundering and Combating
the Financing of Terrorism Matters
      Nadim Kyriakos-Saad, Cheong-Ann Png,
and Jean-François Thony
 
VI.   CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND MARKET DISCIPLINE IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR
  17   Can the Market Control Conflicts of Interest in the Financial Industry?
      Eugene N. White
  18   Did Universal Banks Play a Significant Role in the U.S. Economy's Boom-and-Bust Cycle of 1921–33?
A Preliminary Assessment
      Arthur E. Wilmarth, Jr.
  19   Lessons Learned from the Failure of Market Discipline and Regulatory Lapses: How to Prevent Future Busts
      Lynn Turner
 
VII.   BANKING AND TECHNOLOGY
  20   Nonbank Issuers of Electronic Money: Prudential
Regulation in Comparative Perspective
      Anita Ramasastry
  21   Role and Security of Payment Systems in an Electronic Age
      Mark Fajfar
     
VIII.   BANK INSOLVENCY
  22   Deposit Insurance and Bank Insolvency in a Changing World: Synergies and Challenges
      Michael H. Krimminger
     
IX.   LAW REFORM IN INDONESIA: A CASE STUDY
  23   Comments on the Judicial Reform Program in Indonesia
      Daniel S. Lev
  24   Out-of-Court Corporate Debt Restructuring: The Jakarta Initiative Task Force
      Ceda Ogada
  25   Responding to Currency Crises in Emerging Market Economies: The IMF in Indonesia, Korea, and Brazil
      Shinji Takagi
 
X.   APPENDIXES
  I   Main Guidelines on Central Bank Autonomy and Accountability
  II   The World Bank Operational Manual: Operational Policies—Dealings with De Facto Governments
  III   Proposed Features of a Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanism
 

Biographical Sketches