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A Banking and Finance Workshop was organised by SEERC in the summer of 2004 in Skopje, that brought together academics, bankers, chief economists and finance consultants as well as representatives of international organisations. The aim was to assess the current state of the financial sectors of South Eastern Europe and provide an insight into the priority issues for financial sector reform in the region, taking into account international trends in banking and finance. This edition is the result of the exchange of ideas that took place during the Workshop and follow-up research activity conducted by the group of participants.

The analysis aims towards developing recommendations for the goverments and monetary authorities in the region focusing on the ability of the financial systems to cope with identified pressures stemming from weak links in the system in the face of expanding financial intermediation, potential financial volatility and EU accession challenges.

Georgios Anastasiadis (ed.)

Georgios Anastasiadis – Director of the Business Research Unit at the Sout-East European Research Center (SEERC). Promotes research, on economic issues relating to South Eastern Europe, for the purpose of advancing graduate training and strategic studies with a regional focus. He has extensive experience of developing economies, having worked on Latin America, South European and Asian development issues in strategic consulting and academic research posts.