Derivatives markets in Chile and Brazil play a large and growing role in their financial markets and overall economic activity. Of special importance is Chile's over-the-counter market in foreign exchange derivatives which has become an established market with dealers, high liquidity and low...

This working paper has been commissioned by the Poverty Group, Bureau for Development Policy at UNDP, to identify the transmission mechanisms of the financial crisis from developed to developing countries and to provide broad policy recommendations at the national, global and regional level. The...

La nueva propuesta para el acuerdo de Basilea tiene por objeto armonizar de una mejor manera los requisitos de capitalización con el riesgo real que los bancos tomen. Aquí se sostiene que las nuevas propuestas podrían aumentar significativa e inadecuadamente el costo o reducir el volumen de...