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International Finance and Developing Countries in a Year of Crisis

1997 Discussions at the United Nations

  • Author: UNU
  • Publication date: May 1998
  • Page count: 152
  • Language(s) in this book: English
  • Sales number: 98.III.A.10

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Experts and professionals in international finance present their views on lessons to be drawn from the Asian Currency crisis as well as policy issues in capital flows in developing countries. This book contains a background chapter on financial flows, financial crises and financial policy needs at the national and global levels. It also looks at the conditions for effective capital market liberalization in developing countries, particularly in Southeast Asia. The issues covered include: international finance and the United Nations; the Asian financial crisis and the opportunities of globalization; and key financial issues in capital flows to emerging markets. The texts of several UN resolutions on finance and the chronology of the 1997 crisis are also included.