The Road to International Financial Stability - Are Key Financial Standards the Answer?
Edited by Benu Schneider

Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Number Of Pages:   262
Publication Date:   2003
ISBN-10 / ASIN:   1403915873

Contents
List of Tables,Figures and Boxes vii
Acknowledgements ix
List of Abbreviations x
Notes on the Contributors xii
1 Introduction 1
Benu Schneider
Part I Developing-country Perspectives and
Experience
2 Implications of Implementing Standards and Codes:
A Developing-country Perspective 15
Benu Schneider
3 Implementing Standards and Codes through the
BWIs:An Overview of the Developing-country
Perspective 62
Aziz Ali Mohammed
4 The View from India 87
T.C.A.Anant
5 The View from Mexico 98
Javier Guzmán Calafell
6 Implementation in East Asia 110
Andrew Walter
Part II Developed-country Perspectives
7 Standards and Codes:A G-7 Countries Perspective 145
Alastair Clark
8 The View from Germany:Standards and Codes–
Important Cornerstones for Financial Crisis Prevention 152
Axel Nawrath
vPart III Private-sector Perspectives
9 Effects of Standards and Codes on Country Risk Ratings 159
Lionel Price
10 Do We Need to Go Beyond Disclosure?170
Michael Metcalfe and Avinash Persaud
11 Filling the Information Gap:The Role of
the Private Sector 179
Michael Bates
12 Standards and Codes:Firing at the Wrong Target?188
David Lubin
Part IV Invited Commentary
13 International Standards and Codes–Comments
on Emerging Issues 195
Y.V.Reddy
Appendix:Key Financial Standards–a Guide 215
Andrew Cornford
Index 239
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