Safeguarding deposits : learning from experience

Contents;

1. Financial intermediation and savings mobilization
The role of savings in economic development
Financial intermediation in developing countries

2. The causes and consequences of financial instability
The importance of financial stability
Financial instability in industrialised countries
Financial instability in developing countries

3. Banking crises and institutional rehabilitation in Europe
Finland: The high cost of deregulation
Hungary: Financial reforms highlight
The safety of deposits

4. Financial service cooperatives in developing countries: Crises and rescue programmes
Malaysia: Expansion and collapse of cooperative banking
Kenya: Experience leads to single purpose financial service cooperatives
Financial stabilisation programmes

5. Safeguarding deposits in the informal sector
Key characteristics of informal sector operations
Savings and credit associations
Informal financial companies

6. Safeguarding deposits: Preventive measures
Learning from experience
Recommendations for improving the management of financial institutions
Recommendations for public policy

7. Safeguarding deposits: Rescue measures
Deposit insurance
Financial stabilisation
Rescue and rehabilitation programmes

Includes bibliographical references.