TY - BOOK ID - 80168123 TI - Accountability Arrangements for Financial Sector Regulators AU - Hüpkes, Eva. AU - Quintyn, Marc. AU - Taylor, Michael. PY - 2006 SN - 1589064771 9781451935639 1451935633 9781589064775 1462374468 1452762473 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Accountancy KW - Banks and Banking KW - Finance: General KW - Industries: Financial Services KW - Business and Financial KW - General Financial Markets: Government Policy and Regulation KW - Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation KW - Banks KW - Depository Institutions KW - Micro Finance Institutions KW - Mortgages KW - Financial services law & regulation KW - Banking KW - Finance KW - Financial regulation and supervision KW - Financial services KW - Bank supervision KW - Financial sector stability KW - Financial sector policy and analysis KW - Financial stability assessment KW - Financial services industry KW - Law and legislation KW - Banks and banking KW - State supervision KW - Canada UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80168123 AB - Policymakers are often reluctant to grant independence to the agencies that regulate and supervise the financial sector because of the fear that these agencies, with their wide-ranging responsibilities and powers, could become a law unto themselves. This pamphlet describes mechanisms for making regulatory agencies accountable not only to the government but also to the industry they supervise and the public at large, with examples from a range of countries. ER -