How Well Do Aggregate Bank Ratios Identify Banking Problems?

IMF Working Paper No. 07/275: How Well Do Aggregate Bank Ratios Identify Banking Problems? Authors: Cihák, Martin ; Schaeck, Klaus  The paper provides an empirical analysis of aggregate banking system ratios during...

Posted on: December 12, 2007

Towards an Innovation Strategy

Towards an innovation strategy Angel Gurría Secretary-General of the OECD Published:  November 2007 The history of human progress is also a history of innovation, and OECD countries have been rediscovering what this means for...

Posted on: December 8, 2007

How long will the dollar remain the world's premier currency?

Losing faith in the greenback Nov 29th 2007 From The Economist print edition How long will the dollar remain the world's premier currency? THE long-run value of all paper currencies is zero. That...

Posted on: December 7, 2007

ADFIMI Ordinary Seminar on 'Internal Audit Issues and Challenges, 28-30 January...

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Posted on: December 7, 2007

THE 45TH MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE SELECTS ADFIMI ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS

  The 45th Management Committee Meeting was held in Istanbul from 26 to 27 October 2007 and selected the following colleagues as Members and Alternate Members to ADFIMI Advisory Council. Members: ...

Posted on: November 20, 2007

CONCLUDED: Special Seminar on Islamic Capital Markets; Sukuk Structures and Issuance...

A special ADFIMI Seminar entitled “Islamic Capital Martkets; Sukuk Structures and Issuance” was held in Istanbul from 12-13 November 2007 at the Point Hotel. There were 14 participants from five countries....

Posted on: November 13, 2007

Consistent Quantitative Operational Risk Measurement and Regulation: Challenges of Model Specification,...

Amid increased size and complexity of the banking industry, operational risk has a greater potential to transpire in more harmful ways than many other sources of risk. This paper provides...

Posted on: November 11, 2007

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