From Monobank to Commercial Banking

Jens Kovsted is a Ph.D. in development economics , and an analysis manager at CEBR, the Centre for Economic and Commercial Research, which is linked to the Copenhagen Business School. He has also lectured on development economics at the University of Copenhagen's Centre for African Studies.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Executive Summary; 3. Central Planning and the First Phase of Reforms; 4. The East Asian Financial Crisis and its Aftermath, 1997-2003; 5. A Regional Comparison of Bank Supervision and Regulation; 6. The State Bank of Vietnam; 7. Financial Services to the Agricultural Sector; 8. Conclusion; Appendix A. The State Owned Commercial Banks; Appendix B. Important Events 1988-2003; Appendix C: Bank Supervision and Regulation Indicators; References; Index