The volume presents and summarises the proceedings of the high level seminar jointly organised by the Bank of Russia and the Bank for International Settlements in Moscow on 18-20 July 2013 during the G20 meetings. Governors and deputy governors from around 30 BIS shareholder banks participated...

The impressive growth of many African economies during the past decade was highly dependent on booming commodity markets and strong capital inflows, often related to commodities. With commodity prices falling and market expectations pointing to little reversal in the foreseeable future,...