Banking Institutions in Developing Markets: Building strong managememt and responding to change


Book Description

Describes how to run a sound and efficient bank in a liberalized financial environment.Also available:Banking Institutions in Developing Markets. Volume 2: Interpreting Financial StatementsChris J. Barltrop and Diana McNaughton152 pages / (ISBN 0-8213-2218-4) / Stock No. 12218 / $20.00 / Price code S2




Banking Institutions in Developing Markets: Interpreting financial statements


Book Description

This report is intended for policy-makers concerned with the governments and efficiency of the financial sector and its banking institutions. The essays in this report were written by bankers with experience in both industrial and developing countries. They set out international best practices - practices that, because of the increasing globalization of international financial markets, are becoming the accepted standard everywhere. These materials have already been used in a number of World Bank - sponsored training programs for bankers and bank supervisors. Training and educational institutions in Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Russia have undertaken translations of part or all of the materials.
















Institutional Banking for Emerging Markets


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In today's competitive banking industry, institutional banking is attracting greater interest. Under the globalization umbrella, inter-bank business is undergoing dynamic change and is transcending the boundaries of traditional correspondent banking. In today's climate, no bank, regardless of size, can grow without the cooperation of other banks and no bank can hope to survive and prosper without utilizing emerging markets. Institutional banking in emerging countries has some unique functions: for example, problem solving is heavier and more crucial in emerging markets than in developed countries, given the irregularity of the market and non-transparency of the financial/legal systems. Moreover, it is particularly necessary to forge good relationships, day-to-day contact and personal communication, to provide better chances for product marketing and risk management. Products are therefore tailor-made and adapted as the situation dictates, a successful lesson for one case in one country cannot necessarily be repeated in another. Huang provides a systematic framework for the subject combining both principles and practice. The direct experience of the author, allows him to write authoritatively about the subject with academic vigour as well as a large amount of practical knowledge which only a practitioner can provide. The book contains numerous real life examples and case studies to allow the reader an insight into how Institutional Banking actually works in the real world. The book also contains a supplementary CD which includes chapter summary's and further information. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.




Banking institutions in developing markets. Vol. 1: Building strong management and responding to change


Book Description

Describes how to run a sound and efficient bank in a liberalized financial environment.Also available:Banking Institutions in Developing Markets. Volume 2: Interpreting Financial StatementsChris J. Barltrop and Diana McNaughton152 pages / (ISBN 0-8213-2218-4) / Stock No. 12218 / $20.00 / Price code S2




The Origins and Development of Financial Markets and Institutions


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Collectively, mankind has never had it so good despite periodic economic crises of which the current sub-prime crisis is merely the latest example. Much of this success is attributable to the increasing efficiency of the world's financial institutions as finance has proved to be one of the most important causal factors in economic performance. In a series of insightful essays, financial and economic historians examine how financial innovations from the seventeenth century to the present have continually challenged established institutional arrangements, forcing change and adaptation by governments, financial intermediaries, and financial markets. Where these have been successful, wealth creation and growth have followed. When they failed, growth slowed and sometimes economic decline has followed. These essays illustrate the difficulties of co-ordinating financial innovations in order to sustain their benefits for the wider economy, a theme that will be of interest to policy makers as well as economic historians.




Creating an Efficient Financial System


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Financial sector development fosters economic growth and reduces poverty by widening and broadening access to finance and allocating society's savings more efficiently. The author first discusses three pillars on which sound and efficient financial systems are built: macroeconomic stability and effective and reliable contractual and informational frameworks. He then describes three different approaches to government involvement in the financial sector: the laissez-faire view, the market-failure view and the market-enabling view. Finally, the author analyzes the sequencing of financial sector reforms and discusses the benefits and challenges that emerging markets face when opening their financial systems to international capital markets.