UID:
edocfu_9958098041202883
Format:
xv, 277 pages :
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illustrations ;
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28 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-72556-7
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9786610725564
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0-8213-6637-8
Series Statement:
World Bank e-Library.
Content:
In the Latin America and Caribbean Region (LAC) efforts to raise the awareness of the importance of modernizing national payments systems were formalized in 1999 through the ""Western Hemisphere Payments and Securities Clearance and Settlement Initiative"" (WHI), dedicated to the assessment of payments and securities settlement systems in the LAC countries. This book extracts the main lessons and experiences of the WHI. It describes major trends in payments and securities settlement systems worldwide and undertakes an assessment of LAC systems in relation to international standards and best
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Preface; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Major Trends in Payments and Securities Settlement Systems; 3 Assessment Tools; 4 Payments Systems Assessment Findings in Latin America and the Caribbean; 5 Securities Settlement Systems Assessment Findings in Latin America and the Caribbean; 6 Transparency, Oversight, and Cooperation in Payments Systems; 7 Implementing Payments and Securities Settlement Systems Reforms; 8 Concluding Remarks; APPENDIX; References; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-6635-1
Language:
English
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