Central Banking in Developing Countries: Objectives, Activities and Independence

by Álvaro Almeida, Maxwell J. Fry, Charles Goodhart

Overview

This book examines the current state of central banking in 44 developing countries. The authors analyse the banks' achievement in their primary objective of price stability and discuss the reasons behind the general lack of success. The book covers: * government financing * foreign exchange systems * domestic banking systems. Rich in data, the book

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134759743
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/30/1996
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Álvaro Almeida, Maxwell J. Fry, Charles Goodhart

Table of Contents

List of figures, List of tables, Foreword, Acknowledgements, 1 INTRODUCTION, 2 PRICE STABILITY, MONETARY EXPANSION AND OUTPUT GROWTH, 3 THE CENTRAL BANK AND THE GOVERNMENT, 4 CENTRAL BANKS’ EXTERNAL ACTIVITIES, 5 THE CENTRAL BANK AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR, 6 REGULATION AND SUPERVISION, 7 THE STATUS OF THE CENTRAL BANK, 8 CONCLUSION, APPENDIX 1 , APPENDIX 2 , APPENDIX 3 , APPENDIX 4, APPENDIX 5 , Bibliography, Index