Financial Risks, Stability, and Globalization

Seminar Volumes, April 29, 2002

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Bibliographic details

• Authors: Omotunde E. G. Johnson
• Published: April 29, 2002
• Series: Seminar Volumes
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589060128.072

Summary and main themes

• Covers financial sector stability issues in the following areas:
  • risk management and governance in financial institutions
  • financial crises and contagion
  • domestic monetary and financial policies
  • international cooperation
• Papers were presented at the IMF’s eighth Central Banking Seminar by authors from academia, investment banks, government, and international institutions.
• Discussed subjects include:
  • bank soundness
  • systemic bank restructuring
  • the safety and efficiency of systemically important payment systems and their interaction with the macroeconomic environment

Key findings and analytical focus (as reported)

• Examination of risk management and governance practices in financial institutions.
• Analysis of mechanisms and patterns of financial crises and contagion.
• Evaluation of domestic monetary and financial policy tools in maintaining financial stability.
• Discussion of international cooperation frameworks relevant to financial stability.
• Consideration of payment system design, safety, and efficiency and their macroeconomic linkages.

Subjects and keywords

• Subject: Banking; Credit; Credit risk; Financial crises; Financial regulation and supervision; Financial sector; Financial Sector Assessment Program; Financial sector policy and analysis; Financial sector stability; Money
• Keywords: Asia and Pacific; bank; Caribbean; Credit; Credit risk; East Asia; Europe; Financial Sector Assessment Program; Financial sector stability; Global; government regulator; IMF surveillance; market; market discipline; market participant; rating; risk profile; SEM; Southeast Asia

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