Small States Conference For St Kitts
Basseterre, March 7, 2001 Financial Globalisation: Issues for Small States is the theme of a two day conference, to be hosted by the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank in partnership with the World Bank and the Foundation for International studies, Islands and Small States Institute Malta, at the ECCB Auditorium in St Kitts on March 27 and 28, 2001. Senior policy makers, economists and academics have been invited from forty-eight countries, including Bahrain, Bhutan, Cyprus, Estonia, Maldives, Malta and Qatar as well as from Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, East Asia and the Pacific. Representatives from international organisations and stakeholders in small states are also expected to attend. Among the topics for discussion are: The Benefits and Costs of International Financial Integration; Obstacles to Global Financial Integration Faced by Small States; Fostering Global Financial Integration and Mitigating the Impact of Volatility on the Poor, and Financial Services, Tax Competition and Financial Integration Issues for Small States. The forum will also look at some of the lessons learnt by small states from domestic and external liberalisation and explore issues emerging from the Commonwealth/World Bank Report on Small States. Deliberations will end with a panel discussion on the Road to Global Financial Integration in Small States.
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
P O Box 89, Basseterre,
St. Kitts
Contact Person: Lorraine Wilkin, Client Relations Officer
Phone: (869) 465-2537
Fax: (869) 466-2873
Email: eccbinfo@caribsurf.com
