| Contents |
| Preface |
| I. The International Monetary Fund |
| 1. |
Provision of Information to the IMF
François Gianviti |
| 2. |
Economics of IMF Arrangements: An Introduction
Gregory C. Dahl |
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3.
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The Stand-By Arrangement: Its Legal Nature and Principal
Features
Ross Leckow |
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4.
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The IMF's Relationship with the World Bank: The
Cooperative Framework
William E. Holder |
| II. Other Institutional Financial Institutions
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5.
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International Financial Institutions and Their Discontents
Jerome I. Levinson |
| 6. |
Recent Developments in the European Central Bank
Antonio Sáinz de Vicuña |
| 7. |
International Finance Corporation: History and Current
Operations
Carol Mates |
| 8. |
Competencies of the European Community on
International Monetary Fund Matters: An Overview
of the Key Legal Issues
Bernhard Steinki |
| III. Architecture of the International Monetary System
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| 9. |
Prevention of Financial Crises: An Overview of the Public
Sector Aspects of the International Financial
Architecture
John Hicklin |
| 10. |
Involving the Private Sector in the Avoidance and Resolution
of Crisis
Mark Allen |
| 11. |
Role of the IMF in Promoting Fiscal Transparency
Marco Cangiano |
| 12. |
Legal Aspects of the IMF's Code of Good Practices on
Transparency in Monetary and Financial Policies
Roy C.N. Baban |
| IV. International Capital Flows |
| 13. |
Liberalization of Capital Movements: A Possible Role
for the IMF
François Gianviti |
| 14. |
A Dozen Things to Love (or Hate) About Capital Flows
Vincent Raymond Reinhart |
| 15. |
Tax Aspects of Offshore Financial Centers
Victor Thuronyi |
| V. Central Banking |
| 16. |
Central Banks and International Financial Volatility
Luis Jácome Hidalgo
Comment
George Iden |
| 17. |
Responsibility of Central Banks for Stability in Financial
Markets
Garry J. Schinasi
Comment
Cynthia Lichtenstein |
| 18. |
Central Bank Responsibility for Exchange Rate Policy
and
Implementation
Karen H. Johnson |
| 19. |
Current Challenges in Foreign Exchange Reserves
Management
Jennifer Johnson-Calari |
| VI. Supervision and Regulation of Financial Institutions |
| 20. |
Selective Bank and Environmental Developments:
Supervisory Trends upon Entering the Twenty-First
Century
Joseph Norton
Comment
Mark A. Cymrot |
| 21. |
Legal Issues Incident to Holding Central Bank Assets
Abroad
Thomas C. Baxter, Jr., and Robert B. Toomey |
| 22. |
Assessing the Case for Unified Financial Sector Supervision
Richard K. Abrams and Michael W. Taylor |
| 23. |
Supervision of Financial Institutions in the United
Kingdom
William Blair |
| 24. |
Converging Standards for Evaluating Banking Supervision
in Individual Countries
Ricki Tigert Helfer |
| 25. |
Some Aspects of the Discretion of Bank Regulators in
Addressing Banking Problems
Tobias M.C. Asser |
| 26. |
Key Legal Aspects of Bank Restructuring
Jan Willem van der Vossen |
| 27. |
Five Observations About Banking Failures
Ross S. Delston |
| 28. |
Impact of Bank Secrecy on the Rule of Law in the World
John W. Moscow |
| 29. |
Internet Banking: Some Recent Legal Developments
John Jin Lee
Comment
Brian W. Smith |
| VII. Monetary Areas and Exchange Arrangements |
| 30. |
Dollarization: A Primer
Tomás J.T. Baliño |
| 31. |
Dollarization and Euroization
Michael Gruson |
| 32. |
Strongly Anchored Currency Arrangements
Alain Ize |
| 33. |
Common Currencies, Single Currency, and Other Forms
of Currency Arrangements
Jean-Victor Louis |
| 34. |
Legal Tender: A Notion Associated with Payment
Kazuaki Sono |
| VIII. Payment Systems |
| 35. |
CPSS Core Principles for Payment Systems
Gregor Heinrich |
| 36. |
Institutional Framework and Implementation of the
Core Principles for Systemically Important Payment
Systems
Omotunde E.G. Johnson |
| 37. |
TARGET: Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross
Settlement Express Transfer System of the European
System of Central Banks
Erwin Nierop |
| IX. Dormant Accounts |
| 38. |
Swiss Law on the Treatment of Dormant Accounts: A
Comparison with European and U.S. Law
Michael Bradfield and Pamela Sak |
| 39. |
Summary Review of the Claims Resolution Tribunal for
Dormant Accounts in Switzerland
Roberts B. Owen |
| X. Governance |
| 40. |
Managing the Global Economy: The Role of Governance
Rainer Geiger |
| Appendix |
| I. |
Code of Good Practices on Transparency in Monetary
and
Financial Policies: Declaration of Principles |
| Biographical Sketches |
