Financial sector development
Our main areas of expertise include:
- Designing and managing sector-wide strategies for the financial sector in developing and transition countries;
- Analysing access to financial services and formulating policies to improve access, particularly in the context of poverty reduction strategies;
- Assessing the financial soundness and efficiency of financial systems, including identifying factors that can contribute to financial instability and ineffective financial sector performance in particular countries;
- Analysing banks and other financial institutions such as development banks and savings banks in the public sector, including the most appropriate regulatory regimes for those institutions;
- Assessing the design and performance of the supporting agencies of the financial sector such as regulatory authorities, guarantee funds, deposit insurance agencies and credit bureaus;
- Designing and managing strategies for strengthening and deepening capital markets.