INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Banking, Financial Markets and the Economies of the Middle East and North Africa
MAY 25-27, 2000 - BYBLOS, LEBANON

The School of Business at the Lebanese American University is organizing an international conference on Banking, Financial Markets and the Economies of the Middle East and North Africa scheduled for May 25 to 27, 2000, in Byblos, Lebanon. Papers in the following areas are solicited:

• Role of Banks, Financial Institutions and Central Banks in Economic Activity
• Structure and Development of Financial Markets
• Banking Structure Performance
• Asset-Liability Risk Management
• Financial Instability and the Macroeconomy
• Financial Factors and Business Cycles
• Restructuring Financial Systems
• Redesigning and Reforming Regulatory Policies
• Monetary Policy
• Banking Crisis
• Currency Crisis
• Instruments of Monetary Management
• International Transmission of Financial Market Volatility
• Globalization of Financial Markets
• Regional Economic and Monetary Unions
• Debt, Financial Stability and Public Policy

The conference will also be the site for the launching of a new international refereed journal, Review of Middle-East Economics and Finance. Selected papers will be considered for publication in the inaugural issue of the Review. Partial funding for travel and accommodation for the duration of the conference is available.

Please submit abstracts or full papers by e-mail, as Microsoft Word attachments, to:

Dr. Ghassan Dibeh, Conference Co-Chair
E-mail address: icbf@lau.edu.lb
Deadline for submission: March 1, 2000