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Spain »
Source: Spain : IAIS Insurance Core Principles: Detailed Assessment of Observance
Volume/Issue: 2012/139
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 11 June 2012
ISBN: 9781475504262
Keywords: risk management, reinsurance, internal controls, life insurance, policyholders
This paper provides an update on the significant regulatory and supervisory development in the Spanish insurance sector since 2006. The Spanish authorities have taken steps to address a number of shortcomings ident...

Germany »
Source: Germany : Detailed Assessment Report on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism
Volume/Issue: 2010/78
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 March 2010
ISBN: 9781451981810
Keywords: law enforcement, money laundering, legal assistance, professional secrecy, competent authorities
This Detailed Assessment Report reviews antimoney laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) measures for Germany. The report reveals that Germany has introduced a number of measures in recent ye...

Kingdom of the Netherlands-Netherlands »
Source: Kingdom of the Netherlands-Netherlands : Detailed Assessment of Standards and Codes
Volume/Issue: 2004/310
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 29 September 2004
ISBN: 9781451829488
Keywords: credit, law enforcement, money laundering, shares, supervisory authority
This Detailed Assessment of Standards and Codes on the Kingdom of the Netherlands-Netherlands reviews Basel Core Principles for effective banking supervision. Because of the highly developed nature of the Netherlan...

Curbing Pollution in Developing Countries »
Source: Finance & Development, March 1991
Volume/Issue: 28/1
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1991
ISBN: 9781451953046
Keywords: exchange rate, monetary policy, exchange rates, monetary authorities, exchange rate regime
European Community member states now face critical decisions on the design and implementation of monetary policy...

Accounting for the Environment »
Source: Finance & Development, March 1991
Volume/Issue: 28/1
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1991
ISBN: 9781451953046
Keywords: exchange rate, monetary policy, exchange rates, monetary authorities, exchange rate regime
European Community member states now face critical decisions on the design and implementation of monetary policy...

Offshore Banking »
Source: Offshore Banking : An Analysis of Micro- and Macro-Prudential Issues
Volume/Issue: 1999/5
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Luca Errico , and Alberto Musalem Borrero
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1999
ISBN: 9781451842166
Keywords: Offshore Banking, Cross-Border Capital Flows, Banking Problems, Financial Crises, Prudential Regulations, Banking Supervision, banking, offshore banks, consolidated supervision, supervisory authorities
The paper takes a closer look at offshore banking—a pervasive practice that has played a role in recent crises. Offshore banking is an increasingly attractive alternative to the sometimes heavily regulated f...

Is One Watchdog Better Than Three? International Experience with Integrated Financial Sector Supervision »
Source: Is One Watchdog Better Than Three? International Experience with Integrated Financial Sector Supervision
Volume/Issue: 2006/57
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Martin Cihak , and Richard Podpiera
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 2006
ISBN: 9781451863178
Keywords: financial services regulation, prudential supervision, supervisory agencies, integrated supervision, banking, banking supervision, regulatory environment, General Financial Markets: Government Policy and Regulation, Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation, Regulation and Business Law: General
Over the past two decades, there has been a clear trend toward integrating the regulation and supervision of banks, nonbank financial institutions, and securities markets. This paper reviews the international exper...

Boom, Bust, or Prosperity? Managing Sub-Saharan Africa’s Natural Resource Wealth »
Source: Boom, Bust, or Prosperity? Managing Sub-Saharan Africa's Natural Resource Wealth
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Charlotte Lundgren , Alun Thomas , and Robert York
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 27 August 2013
ISBN: 9781484369326
Keywords: Natural resources, Fiscal policy, Fiscal sustainability, Public investment, Tax revenues, Transparency, Tax administration, Sub-Saharan Africa, natural resource, extractive industries
Sizeable natural resource endowments and potentially large financial inflows from their extraction provide an unparalleled opportunity for economic growth and development in a growing number of sub-Saharan African...

Article III: Quotas and Subscriptions »
Source: Selected Decisions 31st Issue 2006 (Without the Cd's) : Thirty-First Issue
Series: Selected Decisions
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 02 May 2007
ISBN: 9781451942552
Adjustment of Quotas The first interval of five years, at the end of which the Fund shall review the quotas of the members in accordance with Article III, Section 2, beg...

Article VIII and Article XIV: Payments Restrictions »
Source: Selected Decisions 31st Issue 2006 (Without the Cd's) : Thirty-First Issue
Series: Selected Decisions
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 02 May 2007
ISBN: 9781451942552
Payments Restrictions for Security Reasons: Fund Jurisdiction Article VIII, Section 2(a), in conformity with its language, applies to all restrictions on current payment...