Regional Financial Sector Forum

First Meeting

The Institutional Structure of Financial Regulation and Supervision

Washington D.C., September 13, 2002

Presentations

Session I: Conceptual Issues. Introduction to the topic and extra-regional case studies

Session Chair: Antonio Vives, Deputy Manager, Private Enterprise and Financial Markets Subdepartment, IDB

Conceptual Issues: Edgardo Demaestri, Senior Economist, IDB
presentation in Spanish

United Kingdom: Phillip Thorpe, Former Managing Director "Financial Services Authority"
presentation

South Korea: Sang-Ho Sohn, Senior Counselor, "Financial Supervisory Commission"
presentation

Session II: Regional case studies

Session Chair: Maximir Álvarez, Gerente de la Unidad de Análisis del Mercado Financiero, Banco Central de Venezuela

Roundtable: The Latin American and Caribbean Experience

Session III: The political engineering of the reforms. Difficulties observed and lessons learned

Session Chair: Félix Delgado, Presidente del Consejo Nacional de Supervisión del Sistema Financiero de Costa Rica

The Political Engineering of the reforms: Álvaro Clarke de la Cerda, Superintendente de Seguros y Valores de Chile
presentation in Spanish

Session IV: Future Agenda

Session Chair: Pietro Masci, Division Chief, Infrastructure and Financial Markets Division, IDB

Future Forum functioning

Topics for the next meeting

Infrastructure and Financial Markets Division
Private Enterprise and Financial Markets Subdepartment
Sustainable Development Department
Inter-American Development Bank

Last updated: 06/01/07