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p. 23 of 50 BACK | NEXT Purpose and Structure of the Toolkit Part One: Introduction and Overview Part Two: Preconditions and Infrastructure for Financial Sector Development Part Three: Financial Regulation and Supervision I. Financial Stability, Development and Institutional Design II. Financial Regulation: General Principles III. Financial Regulatory Structure IV. Banking Regulation V. Bank Insolvency and Depositor Protection VI. Securities and Derivatives Regulation VII. Insurance and Pensions Regulation VIII. Regulation of Financial Conglomerates ADB's Intervention in the Financial Sector Bibliography Glossary and List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements

Financial Sector Legal and Regulatory Toolkit

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Part Three: Financial Regulation and Supervision

Weak financial intermediaries and problems with financial regulation and supervision have been significant factors surrounding the developing countries debt crises and the United States savings and loan crisis in the 1980s, the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) of Pakistan and Barings Bank of England, and the Mexican [ PDF ] and East Asian [ PDF ] financial crises in the 1990s. These various problems have led to a wide range of international efforts directed towards supporting financial stability.

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