Gabon: Financial System Stability Assessment, Including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Monetary and Financial Policy Transparency, Banking Supervision, and Insurance Regulation
IMF Staff Country Reports, May 8, 2002
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- Published: May 8, 2002
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451813920.002
Executive summary and key findings
- The assessment presents key findings of the Financial System Stability Assessment for Gabon, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on Monetary and Financial Policy Transparency, Banking Supervision, and Insurance Regulation.
- The Gabonese financial sector is dominated by a relatively sound but small banking sector that focuses squarely on the formal sector.
- The operating environment is characterized by:
- a fixed peg to the euro,
- heavy dependence on oil exports,
- continued government presence in both the enterprise and financial sectors.
Scope and thematic coverage
- Subjects covered: Banking, Commercial banks, Financial institutions, Financial sector policy and analysis, Insurance, Insurance companies, Internal controls, Revenue administration, Solvency.
- Keywords included in the assessment: Africa, bank assets, bank customer, banking sector, banking system, capital base, Central Africa, central bank, Commercial banks, CR, Global, Insurance, Insurance companies, Internal controls, ISCR, long position, market structure, monetary policy, publishing requirement, Solvency, solvency ratio.