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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455834803321

Titolo

Financial sector governance [[electronic resource] ] : the roles of the public and private sectors / / Robert E. Litan, Michael Pomerleano, V. Sundararajan, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2002

ISBN

0-8157-5290-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (463 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LitanRobert E. <1950->

PomerleanoMichael

SundararajanVasudevan

Disciplina

332.1/09172/4

Soggetti

Financial institutions - Developing countries

Corporate governance - Developing countries

Capital market - Developing countries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers commissioned as part of a conference on emerging markets finance held in New York in April 2002, and sponsored by the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund, and the Brookings Institution.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; FINANCIAL SECTOR GOVERNANCE; PART I - Governance of the Financial Sector: A Conceptual Framework and Measurement Issues; PART II - Financial Sector Governance and the Role of the Public Sector; PART III - Governance Issues and Banks; PART IV - Governance Issues and the Capital Market; PART V - Summaries of Breakout Sessions; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A financial system is only as strong as the governing practices and institutions of its participants. The challenge to build efficient and accountable financial institutions that promote confidence is a problem that private financial sector executives and policymakers confront together. In this context, Financial Sector Governance takes a clinical approach to addressing the challenges in emerging and developed markets in each industry: capital markets, private banks, state-owned banks, asset management companies, public pension funds, and



mutual funds. It also explores the linkages between pub