Since 1990, major banking and current crises have occurred in many countries throughout the world - including Mexico and Latin America in 1994-95, East Asia in 1997-98, and Russia and Brazil in 1998 - with large costs both to the individual countries experiencing the crises and to other nations....

Banking on the Future THE FALL AND RISE OF CENTRAL BANKING Howard Davies David Green PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON AND OXFORD Contents Preface vii Abbreviations ix INTRODUCTION ...