Offshore financial centres in the Caribbean: Prospects in a new environment

World Economy

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1173-1188

  Williams, Oral H ^a   Suss, Esther C ^a   Mendis, Chandima ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; FINANCIAL SERVICES; FIRM SIZE; FUTURE PROSPECT; OFFSHORE FINANCE; STANDARD (REGULATION); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 33745288175     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2005.00686.x     Document Type: Article

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1. Doyle, M. and A. Johnson (1999), 'Does Offshore Business Mean Onshore Economic Gains', Central Bank of Barbados: Working Papers.
2. Errico, L. and A. Musalem (1999), 'Offshore Banking: An Analysis of Micro and Macro Prudential Issues', IMF Working Paper 99/5 (Washington DC).
3. Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering, 'The Forty Recommendations', at http://www.oecd.org/fatf
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5. Financial Stability Forum, Press Release (2000), 'Financial Stability Forum Releases Grouping of Offshore Financial Centres (OFCs) to Assist in Setting Priorities for Assessment', and Report of the Working Group on Offshore Financial Centres (April).
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7. IMF and World Bank (2001), 'Enhancing Contributions to Combating Money Laundering: Policy Paper' (26 April).
8. KPMG (2000), Review of Financial Regulation in the Caribbean Overseas Territories and Bermuda.