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WHAT IS OUR MISSION? • To be the experts on how and where to find absolutely anything related to the financial sector: data, analysis, contacts • To enhance the quality of work that the Financial Sector and other WB staff provide to client countries through a range of services including institutional memory, research & analysis, facilitating relationships & contacts, etc • To provide and use the most up-to-date products/services in order to provide accurate information/data (Bloomberg, Bankscope, etc)

Internal WB Fin Sec. Staff Regional FS staff Field Offices IFC ED Offices, Sr Mgmt External IMF Ministries of Finance Central Banks MDBs NGOs/Academic/ K&IS Client Base

Financial research at regional/topical level Weekly email on financial sector analysis/trends Management of subscription resources for Financial Sector Data collection/analysis FSAP & Mission support (TOR, questionnaires,research & analysis) Making sure we don’t reinvent the wheel… K&IS Services

Regional Coverage

Topical Coverage * Corporate sector, specialized finance , payments and settlement systems

Information Resources • Subscription resources: Moody’s Investment Banks Fitch Ratings EMDB Bankscope IFC Bond Database Bloomberg Datastream ISI EIU • Bank and Fund Databases: GBLD, Bank Regulation and Supervision Database, Securities Regulation Database

How K&IS Helps You • We quickly analyze information based on your specific request. • Allows you more time to allocate to other tasks, making your team/staff more efficient. • Advise on cutting edge sources, increasing quality of advice to countries

Sample ECA Questions • Private sector analysis on Romanian financial sector for a pre-Board meeting for a Bank mission. • Croatian National Bank:working on a feasibility study for establishment of an local bank to serve the needs of local authorities and public enterprises in Zagreb. Included intraregional comparison. • Historical data for Central Asian countries, such as number of banks operating in the country (private/state-owned), total deposits, total loans, foreign assets, etc. • Examples of Bank’s experience with state-hold development banks. • Information on prudential regulations for banking sector in Albania, Azerbaijan, and Kyrgyzstan.

FSAP/Mission Preparation • Serve both the Bank and the Fund • Help define financial issues/risks • Draft terms of reference • Fill in publicly available data on FSAP questionnaire before sending to authorities, • Background research for the team prior to mission, support team in the field • Provide qualitative/quantitative country comparison work • Coordinate info flow between Bank and Fund.

Czech Republic Kazakhstan Poland Slovenia Slovak Republic Croatia Bulgaria Ghana Argentina Uruguay Mexico Korea Sri Lanka Oman Tunisia FSAP Preparation: Sample Countries

How to Maximize Our Services • Alert your team/staff of our services to maximize benefits. • Send email brief announcement • Distribute fliers • Utilize our team of financial experts to augment your analytical needs/capabilities. • Visit Financial Sector website for downloadable documents, database information, etc. • Subscribe to our weekly updates http://finsec.worldbank.org/html/help_desk.html

Financial Sector Website www.worldbank.org/finance • Documents, data, presentations, etc • Search Function • Projects • Calendar • Learning Program

For More Information CONTACT US ANYTIME Neesham Kranz: 202 458 9774 Rolanda Shine: 202 458 4927 Dan Goldblum: 202 473 9273 financial_sector@worldbank.org fax: 202 522 3184

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