Local Currency Debt Markets in the West African Economic and Monetary...

The paper reviews trends and developments in the rapidly growing local currency debt markets in the WAEMU. The main findings are that common institutions, such as a regional central bank...

Posted on: November 11, 2007

The Duration of Capital Account Crises--An Empirical Analysis

This paper examines the duration of capital account crises. We develop a new index to identify both the start and the end of these crises. Applying the index to a...

Posted on: November 11, 2007

Regional Economic Outlook-Western Hemisphere, IMF, November 2007

Overview. The global context for countries in the Western Hemisphere is now influenced by the current weakness in the U.S. economy, stemming from the housing market, and its spillover effects...

Posted on: November 10, 2007

Regional Economic Outlook-The Middle East and Central Asia region, IMF, November...

A number of assumptions have been adopted for the projections presented in the Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia. It has been assumed that established policies of national...

Posted on: November 10, 2007

ADFIMI has a New Member

Sudanese Islamic Bank (SIB) has joined ADFIMI as its 52nd member. With assets totalling USD 177 million and employing 220 staff (as of end of 2005), SIB provides loans to...

Posted on: November 2, 2007

Operational Risk--The Sting is Still in the Tail but the Poison...

This paper investigates the generalized parametric measurement methods of aggregate operational risk in compliance with the regulatory capital standards for operational risk in the New Basel Capital Accord ("Basel II")....

Posted on: November 1, 2007

Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision

Basle Committee for Banking Supervision September 1997, 46 pp. Full Text

Posted on: October 25, 2007

Enhancing Bank Transparency

Public disclosure and supervisory information that promote safety and soundness in banking systems Basle Committee on Banking Supervision Basle September 1998 29pp. Full Text

Posted on: October 25, 2007

Sustainable consumption and production in South East Europe and Eastern Europe,...

This report was jointly prepared by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the European Environment Agency (EEA) to support the development of sustainable consumption and production (SCP) policies and...

Posted on: October 24, 2007

World Real GDP Growth

Mapper for IMF Data   Please Click to access rhe map 

Posted on: October 20, 2007