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List of contents
1. International cooperation
2. The International Monetary Fund
3. The World Bank Group:
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
The International Finance Corporation,
The International Development Association.
4. The Regional Development Banks:
The Inter-American Development Bank,
The African Development Bank,
The Asia Development Bank.
5. The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development.
6. The Bank for International Settlements.
7. The Paris Club.
8. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
9. Financial and economic cooperation in the European Community.
10. The European Monetary System and the road towards the EMU.
11. The European Monetary Institute.
12. The European Investment Bank.
13. The Group of Seven and consultation in other groups.
14. Future developments.
Abbreviations.
Registers:
subjects,
persons,
countries.
Summary
Provides a thorough and comprehensive introduction to the main financial institutions, helping students to gain an understanding of how they function, and how they influence, and are influenced by, practical economic policy making. The text has been kept simple to allow readers to form a clear understanding of the nature of financial institutions without delving into complicated statutory or regulatory detail.
