Economic Environment Assessment of Credit Rating for Banking Sector

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VC seminar organized by AFDC, co-sponsored by TDLC, WB, Sri Lanka DLC and KDI School

Date: Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
Time: 10:30-13:00 (JST)

In accordance with Basel Accord, strengthened credit rating and risk management systems have been required to be built in commercial banks. Macroeconomic environment assessment plays a very important role in these systems. In the post-crisis world, all countries have to tackle increasingly complex issues in the international and domestic economic environment. In particular, commercial banks face a great challenge in the assessment field.

Many countries have put forward a series of measures to improve their financial supervision and credit rating systems, especially the credit rating system in commercial banks. The Chinese government has paid much attention to implementing the Basel Accord and improving risk management systems in its commercial banks. It is important for each country to share new approaches and experience in macroeconomic environment assessment field, and by doing so, to promote financial system stabilization.

In order to promote experience-sharing on economic environment assessment for credit rating in commercial banks, the Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Center (AFDC) in collaboration with the World Bank, Tokyo Development Learning Center, The World Bank (TDLC), Sri Lanka Distance Learning Center and Korean Development Institute (KDI) School will hold a half-day VC seminar, to tackle the challenges in economic environment assessment in commercial banks in the post-crisis world.

Agenda

• Session 1:  Environment Assessment in Commercial Banks: Key Issues, Indicators, and Framework
• Session 2: Environment Assessment in Commercial Banks: Experiences in China, Korea, and Japan

Speakers

Ms. Valeria Salomao Garcia
Senior Financial Specialist
World Bank
USA

Mr. Xu Mingqi
Deputy Director,
The Institute of World Economy of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
China

Mr. Dongsoo Kang
Director and Vice President,
Department of Macroeconomic and Financial Policy,
Korea Development Institute (KDI)
Korea

Mr. Koji Sakuma
Director,
Economic Research Department and Emerging Economy Research Department,
Institute for International Monetary Affairs
Japan

Language

English

Target audience

• Credit-rating officers in commercial banks
• Policy makers from financial supervision department and related departments
• Civil society, academia, and private sector

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