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Central Bank Governance and the Role of Nonfinancial Risk Management

By Ashraf Khan

February 23, 2016

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Ashraf Khan. Central Bank Governance and the Role of Nonfinancial Risk Management, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2016) accessed November 23, 2024
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Summary

This paper argues that nonfinancial risk management is an essential element of good governance of central banks. It provides a funnelled analysis, on the basis of selected literature, by (i) presenting an outline of central bank governance in general; (ii) zooming in on internal governance and organization issues of central banks; (iii) highlighting the main issues with nonfinancial risk management; and (iv) ending with recommendations for future work. It shows how attention for nonfinancial risk management has been growing, and how this has amplified the call for better governance of central banks. It stresses that in the area of nonfinancial risk management there are no crucial differences between commercial and central banks: both have people, processes, procedures, and structures. It highlights policy areas to be explored.

Subject: Banking, Central bank governance, Central bank risk management, Central banks, Financial regulation and supervision, Financial sector policy and analysis, Financial sector stability, Internal audit, Operational risk, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: A. central bank independence, Aggregate risk appetite statement, Central bank, Central bank activity, Central bank decision-making, Central bank FMIs, Central bank governance, Central bank governance issue, Central bank risk management, Central banks bank run, Company, Financial risk, Financial sector stability, Global, Governance issue, Government, Internal audit, Operational risk, Policy area, Policy independence, Risk culture, Risk management, Transfers profits, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    51

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2016/034

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2016034

  • ISBN:

    9781498376051

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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