This contextual update shows that central banks continue to be relevant and essential for sound functioning of economies. Central banks require to pursue traditional functions relating to currency and payment systems and to being banker to the government and to banks as vigorously as before the crisis.
An annual guide to a sustainable future, with particular attention to China and India, two of the world's rapidly developing countries in terms of industry, population and significance to the global economy, and associated impacts on the environment. This book draws on the expertise of the Worldwatch Institute's team of writers and researchers.
