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Book SynopsisThis book examines international and domestic responses to financial crises while providing an agenda for financial development to support economic growth. The volume provides the first comprehensive analysis of the role of law and institutions in financial stability and development.
Table of ContentsPart I. Finance and the International Financial Architecture: 1. Law, finance, and development; 2. Financial stability and the international financial architecture; Part II. Foundations of Finance: 3. Preconditions for and institutional underpinnings of finance; 4. Central banking and financial policy; 5. Financial infrastructure; Part III. Financial Regulation and Supervision: 6. Banking: regulation, supervision, and development; 7. Non-bank finance: securities, insurance, pensions, and microfinance; 8. Financial liberalization, financial conglomerates and financial regulatory structure; Part IV. Looking Forward: 9. The international financial architecture; 10. Reforming financial systems.
