Risks and Challenges in International Finance

Abstract

The ADB Institute (ADBI) conducted a capacity-building Seminar on International Finance during July 22-26, 2002. The seminar was co-hosted with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the South East Asian Central Banks Research and Training Centre (SEACEN). The participants were 28 government officials and policymakers from 17 developing member countries of ADB. The seminar featured prominent resource speakers from academia, government, and multilateral institutions. The seminar provided a forum for knowledge dissemination, exchange of views, and discussion of country experiences and evolving policy issues in international finance. It covered key areas of international finance such as dealing with massive capital inflows; sequencing of domestic and external financial liberalization; regional financial arrangements; financial innovation and regulation; and bank risk management.