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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780745903321

Titolo

Central America : : Structural Foundations for Regional Financial Integration

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

1-4552-5900-4

1-4527-9375-1

1-283-53512-2

9786613847577

1-4519-7069-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (141 p.)

Collana

Books

Soggetti

Intermediation (Finance) - Central America

Insurance - Central America

Securities - Central America

Migrant remittances - Central America

Finance - Central America

Banks and Banking

Exports and Imports

Finance: General

Insurance

Industries: Financial Services

Investments: General

Banks

Depository Institutions

Micro Finance Institutions

Mortgages

Pension Funds

Non-bank Financial Institutions

Financial Instruments

Institutional Investors

Monetary Systems

Standards

Regimes

Government and the Monetary System

Payment Systems

Insurance Companies

Actuarial Studies



Remittances

General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation

Finance

Banking

Insurance & actuarial studies

International economics

Investment & securities

Financial services law & regulation

Payment systems

Insurance companies

Financial markets

Financial institutions

Securities

Balance of payments

Banks and banking

Clearinghouses

International finance

Financial instruments

El Salvador

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Prepared as part of the Central America Financial Sector Regional Project (FSRP) by staff of the IMF's Monetary and Financial Systems Department and Legal Department and of the World Bank. The countries covered in the FSRP comprise the six Spanish-speaking countries of Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama"--Pref.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

; Overview and background / Patricia Brenner and Jens Clausen -- Consolidated supervision of financial groups in Central America / Patricia Brenner and R.  Armando Morales -- Development of the insurance sector / Daniel Hardy and Miguel Palomino -- Payment and securities settlement systems / Massimo Cirasino and Mario Guadamillas -- Migrant remittances in Central America / Dilip Ratha.

Sommario/riassunto

Intraregional financial activity in Central America has grown substantially in the past decade, contributing to efficiency and economic development. At the same time, the expansion of activities by regional conglomerates has increased the challenges to supervisory authorities of containing the risks of contagion. Prepared as part of the Central America Financial Sector Regional Project by an IMF and World Bank staff team, this book outlines trends in the region's financial sector integration, supervisory responses, development of the insurance sector, payment and securities settlement arrangements, and worker remittances. It addresses the many common policy challenges facing Central American countries--Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama--in financial sector reform. The book offers key policy recommendations.