On 26 and 27 January 2006, the BIS, in collaboration with the Bank of Jamaica, hosted a meeting for senior central bankers in Kingston, Jamaica, under the broad theme "Evolving banking systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: challenges and implications for monetary policy and financial stability". The meeting was chaired by Már Gudmundsson, Deputy Head of the Monetary and Economic Department of the BIS, with the purpose of discussing how the smaller economies of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have dealt with the transformation of their financial system during the last decade.
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| List of participants in the meeting (PDF, 2 pages, 511 kb) | iii |
| Foreword (PDF, 1 page, 511 kb) | vii |
| Introduction (PDF, 2 pages, 515 kb) | 1 |
| Banking systems: characteristics and structural changes (PDF,
14 pages, 582 kb) Serge Jeanneau | 3 |
| Banks and the changing nature of risks in Latin America and the Caribbean (PDF,
16 pages, 591 kb) Camilo Tovar | 17 |
| Structural transformation of financial systems and its implications for monetary policy in Latin America and the Caribbean (PDF,
19 pages, 664 kb) Camilo Tovar | 33 |
| Some prudential issues (PDF,
12 pages, 569 kb) Serge Jeanneau | 52 |
| Annex tables (PDF, 21 pages, 639 kb) | 65 |
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