Financial Sector Legal and Regulatory
Toolkit
This toolkit contains
- references to relevant policy issues, international standards and standard-setting bodies, academic literature and other sources related to the financial sector;
- links to websites containing further information about financial sector regulation;
- links to useful resources such as treaties and regional agreements related to the financial sector; and
- links to information regarding ADB's interventions in the financial sector.
Who can benefit from the toolkit?
This toolkit is useful for
- lawyers who want a quick understanding of the legal and regulatory aspects of the financial sector;
- financial regulators;
- government officials who deal with the financial sector;
- ADB staff, particularly those involved in the financial sector;
- other lawyers, economists, and financial sector development professionals; and
- the general public, including students and non-government organizations, researchers, and interested members of the development community.
Objectives of the toolkit
- to present basic principles on the legal aspects of the financial sector and direct readers to materials that discuss these basic principles in greater depth; and
- to summarize key ideas, concepts, and issues for people interested in legal and regulatory aspects of the financial sector.
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