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Country Profiles

Country Profiles include detailed assessments of the degree of a country's compliance with the 12 Key Standards for Sound Financial Systems, as well as the Business Indicator Index, which gives a score for a country's economic, political, and business environment, and a snapshot of a country's performance in nine of the leading global best-practices indices.

Country Briefs

The Country Briefs provide a modified version of our Best Practice Report taking into account the unique circumstances of less-developed and smaller countries

Most recently updated:

  • Nepal - March 09, 2010
  • Myanmar - February 19, 2010
  • Laos - February 16, 2010
  • Togo - February 11, 2010
  • Sudan - February 11, 2010

Best practice information as a public good

eStandardsForum promotes a sound, transparent, and equitable global economy. It collects and disseminates, as a public good, information on countries’ compliance with global best practice standards.

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Policy Studies

Policy briefs and notes complement the country research by addressing issues of financial and economic globalization as well as challenges to responsible private-sector-led growth.


Policy Note: Liquidity Risk Management
April 10, 2009
Policy Note: Operational Risk Management
April 10, 2009
Policy Note: Corporate Governance and Risk Management
April 10, 2009
Policy Note: Credit Risk Management
April 10, 2009
Policy Note: Market Risk Management
April 10, 2009