The Building Blocks of Effective Financial Systems

Subjects will include: 1. How do the different building blocks of a financial system interact ? 2. How can the links between these building blocks and financial development be measured? 3. Is it possible to identify the channels through which various factors influence the development of financial systems? 4. How can reforms be designed to build or improve the institutions that support financial systems? 5. To what extent can the experience of successful countries be "exported" to other countries?