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Central Banker of the Year/ Asia

January 2, 2006

MR Pridiyathorn Devakula Governor, Bank of Thailand

Central Banker of the Year/ Middle East

January 2, 2006

Sheikh Salem Abdul Aziz Al-Sabah Governor, Central Bank of Kuwait

Central Banker of the Year/ Europe

January 2, 2006

Ivan Sramko
Governor, National Bank of Slovakia

Central Banker of the Year/ Americas

January 2, 2006

Hector Valdez Albizu
Governor, Central Bank of the Dominican Republic

Central Banker of the Year/ Americas

January 2, 2006

Hector Valdez Albizu
Governor, Central Bank of the Dominican Republic

Central Banker of the Year 2006

January 2, 2006

With a fourth consecutive year of global economic growth a real prospect, The Banker heralds the world’s best central bank governors who are standing up to their more profligate political masters and forcing through the still-necessary reforms.

China’s rural mission

January 2, 2006

Most of China’s population live in the countryside and these are also its poorest citizens, making rural development one of the government’s top agenda items. Finance minister Jin Renqing explains.

Rating agencies need some pre-emptive ideas

January 2, 2006

Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s start 2006 facing charges of running a duopoly – and some tough questioning. Their only hope? To come up with a solution before the US government imposes one.

Will a three-year profit run stretch to four?

January 2, 2006

A fourth consecutive year of economic growth would be remarkable, but a US slowdown could spoil the run.

What the bankers say: Kyrgyzstan

January 2, 2006

The Banker invites CEOs from around the world to discuss the economic climate in their country and institution, and their hopes for the future.

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