Overview of Financial Sector Issues and Analysis Workshop

Date: April 28 - May 2, 2008
Location: Washington, D.C.
Organized by: World Bank Group
Target audience: The seminar will gather mid-level officials from central banks, ministries of finance, and financial regulatory agencies in developing countries, as well as staff involved in financial sector operations from international development organizations. Some prior knowledge of the financial sector issues is expected.
Contact: Colleen Mascenik at cmascenik@worldbank.org or via fax: +1 202 522 3480.

Overview: The Financial Systems Unit and the Financial and Private Sector Development Research Group of the World Bank are pleased to announce the Overview of Financial Sector Issues and Analysis workshop, to be held at the Eugene Black Auditorium of the World Bank in Washington, D.C. from Monday, April 28^th, to Friday, May 2^nd, 2008.

This course will provide an overview of issues of current importance for policy-makers, researchers, and practitioners working in the financial sector. A series of lectures and discussions will cover a broad spectrum of topics related to the financial sector, including:
(1) The role and determinants of financial sector development
(2) Bank risk management models and applications
(3) Bank regulation, supervision, and stress testing
(4) Basel II and its implications for developing countries
(5) The anatomy of past and future financial crises
(6) Development challenges related to payment systems, capital markets, insurance, pensions, private equity, housing finance
(7) Expanding financial outreach, SME finance, and microfinance

Format Agenda Registration Payment Accomodations Conference Organizers Experts will identify the critical questions related to these topics, explore the analytics of these issues, and share lessons from various countries’ experiences. In a classroom format, participants will engage experts in questions and discussion.