This volume of the IFC Bulletin contains the proceedings of a series of three workshops organised by the IFC on “The use of surveys by central banks”. The main focus of these workshops was on methodological issues and challenges faced by central banks in conducting surveys.
The first workshop took place from 27 to 29 June 2007 in cooperation with SEACEN (the South East Asian Central Banks Research and Training Centre) and was co-sponsored by the Reserve Bank of India. The second workshop was held from 11 to 13 December 2007 in Buenos Aires, in cooperation with the Centre for Latin American Monetary Studies (CEMLA) and the Central Bank of the Republic of Argentina. The third and final workshop was presented in cooperation with the Austrian National Bank at the Joint Vienna Institute from 18 to 20 March 2008. The workshops were attended by a total of 90 participants from 51 central banks.