Emerging Financial Markets and the Role of International Financial Organizations

by Norton, Joseph Jude; Andens, Mads Tnnesson; Southern Methodist University School of Law

• ISBN13: 9789041109095
• ISBN10: 9041109099
• eBook ISBN(s): 9789041174802
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-06-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Law Intl
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Summary

This book brings together the papers presented at a conference on 'Emerging Financial Markets And The Role of International Organisations' which was held in May 1995 and organised under the auspices of the Offices of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, SMU School of Law Dallas, QMW College, Centre for Commercial Law Studies and King's College London. The papers are written by leading experts and cover a broad range of topics, including general policy and institutional issues, securities and banking markets. The editors have provided an invaluable service in bringing together for a wider audience this significant collection of thought-provoking papers.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
Foreword
Editors' Note and Acknowledgements
Regulating International Economic Behavior - Reflections on the Broader Settings of International Financial Markets and Institutions	p. 3
The EU as a Model for Financial Market Reform	p. 15
The Applicability of Law and Economics to Law and Development: The Case of Financial Law	p. 29
Financial Reform and Development in Transition Economies and the Role of IFIs	p. 57
A Submerged Challenge for IFI's Efforts: Proscription of Economic Spoilation	p. 69
Structural Adjustment Policies and the Evolution of a New Legal Framework for Economic Activity in Ghana	p. 81
The Domestic Payment System: Policies, Structure, Operation and Risk	p. 115
Bank Capitalization Issues in Emerging and Transitional Economies	p. 137
Insolvency Procedures in Transition Economies	p. 147
An Introduction to the European Bank's Model Law on Secured Transactions	p. 165
Project Finance in Central and Eastern Europe from a Lender's Perspective: Lessons Learned in Poland and Romania	p. 171
Central Bankers' "Club" Law and Transitional Economies: Banking Reform and the Reception of the Basle Standards of Prudential Supervision in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union	p. 179
Evolution of Banking Law in Serbia and the Role of International Institutions	p. 215
Contemporary Influences on the Development of South African Banking Law	p. 249
The EEC Directive on Consumer Credit: A Model for Southern Africa?	p. 289
Banking Regulation and Supervision in Egypt: The View from a Developing Country	p. 309
Securities Law Models in Emerging Economies	p. 335
Blindman's Bluff - A Model for Securities Regulation?	p. 351
The Experience of Japan in Adoption and Adaptation	p. 393
Emerging Securities Markets - A View of Internationalization from the U.S.	p. 429
The U.K. Model of Securities Regulation	p. 451
Starting from Ground Zero: The New Bulgarian Securities Act	p. 473
The Long Walk to a Market Economy: An Examination of the New Company and Securities Laws of the People's Republic of China	p. 497
International Financial Organisations, Financial Markets and the Transition Process in Eastern Europe	p. 513
Index	p. 519
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