Effectiveness of Central Banks and Their Role in the Global Financial Crisis: Case of Selected Economies
Akhtar, Shamshad; Lorie, Henri; Petersend, Arne | June 2009
Abstract
"This study examines the role and performance of central banks in low-income countries that have faced a range of domestic and external fragilities, aggravated by the global financial crisis that started in the United States and other advanced economies. It focuses on a select group of developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank in the Caucasus, Central Asia, and South Asia that have been and will continue to be vulnerable to adverse external developments. "
Citation
Akhtar, Shamshad; Lorie, Henri; Petersend, Arne. 2009. Effectiveness of Central Banks and Their Role in the Global Financial Crisis: Case of Selected Economies. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/2409. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Print ISBN
978-971-561-881-6
Keywords
Development
Finance
Development Challenges
Development Issues
Development Problems
Microenterprises Finance
Commercial Finance Companies
Enterprise Financing
Financial Analysis
Banking Finance And Investment
ADB
Project finance
Development plans
Strategic planning
Business Financing
Investment Requirements
Insurance Companies
International Monetary Relations
International Financial Market
Exchange Rate
Insurers
Insurance stocks
Insurance holding companies
Insurance carriers
Insurance agencies
Business subsidies
Investment companies
International banks and banking
Stock exchanges
Grants
Loans
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