Akhtar, Shamshad  <br/><br/>
Effectiveness of Central Banks and their role in the global financial crisis:  case of selected economies/ 
Shamshad Akhtar, Henri Lorie and Arne Petersend. 
 - Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines:  Asian Development Bank,  2009. 
 - xx, 202p.:  ill. ;   28cm. 
<br/><br/>Cover; <br/>Contents; <br/>Currency Equivalents; <br/>Abbreviations; <br/>Glossary; <br/>Acknowledgments;<br/>Executive Summary; <br/>Introduction; <br/>Objectives; <br/><br/>Part I: <br/>Regional Comparative Analysis; <br/>The Macroeconomic Context; Development of Finance Sectors; <br/>Legal Framework for Central Bank Activities; <br/>Independence; <br/>Relations with the Government; Governance Structure; <br/><br/>Banking Supervision and Regulation; <br/>The Regulatory Structure; <br/>Licensing Regime; <br/>Loan Classifications and Provisioning; <br/>Risk Management; <br/>Bank Supervision Capacities; <br/><br/>Review of Monetary Policy Frameworks; <br/>Monetary Policy and Financial Performance.<br/>Interest Rates, <br/>Inflation, <br/>Growth, and Money Growth <br/>Liquidity Management and Interest Rates Setting; <br/>Experience with the Transmission Mechanism; <br/>Exchange Rate Policy and International Reserves; <br/>Other Factors Affecting Central Bank Effectiveness; <br/>Financial Soundness of the Banking System; <br/><br/>Lessons and Policy Recommendations; <br/>The Legal Framework; Macroeconomic Management and Challenges; <br/>Monetary Policy Management and Challenges; <br/>Maintaining Banking System Soundness; <br/><br/><br/>Part II: Country Studies; <br/>Caucasus and Central Asia; <br/>Afghanistan; Armenia; Georgia; <br/>The Kyrgyz Republic; <br/>Tajikistan;<br/>South Asia.<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789715618816 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Financial crises -- Asia. <br/>Financial crises. <br/>Banks and banking, Central. <br/>Banks and banking, Central -- Asia.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>332.17  / AKH/E