The intellectual challenges facing central bankers are reflected in this monograph. The author worked as an economist in the Monetary and Economic Department of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), but also as an international mediator, in the Secretariat of the G10 Ministers and Governors and in central bank governance. This book thus reveals, next to monetary policy and financial crisis, less well known topics such as insolvency, collective action clauses, international mediation and management of central banks.
1 Introduction 1
2 Challenges for governance at central banks 9
3 Insolvency laws - a review of the international dimension 31
4 Collective action clauses: the way forward 57
5 Note on the consequences of a potential default by Argentina to the IMF 85
6 Debt resolution processes for sovereign debt - current policy issues 89
7 The successor states of the former Yugoslavia - mediation under Art. 7, Annex C of the Vienna Agreement on Succession Issues - a major review 107
8 International bank and securities financing in Africa 155
9 The aftermath of the Russian debt crisis 159
10 Banking sector reform in the transition economies - a central banking perspective 191
11 The monetary policy transmission mechanism in Russia 221
12 Exchange rates and monetary policy in Central Europe - a survey of some issues 243
13 Financial intermediation: efficiency, fragility and policies for reform 301
14 The monetary policy transmission mechanism in China 321
15 Capital flows in eastern Europe: some lessons from the emerging markets in Latin America and Asia 329
Annex 355
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