Governing Finance

by Andrew Walter

The international financial community blamed the Asian crisis of 1997-1998 on deep failures of domestic financial governance. To avoid similar crises in the future, this community adopted and promoted a set of international "best practice" standards of financial governance. The G7 asked specialized public and private sector bodies to set international standards, and tasked the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank with their global dissemination...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801446457
• ISBN13: 9780801446450
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher