02072cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF011631 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781463931230 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Yabara, Masafumi. Capital Market Integration : Progress Ahead of the East African Community Monetary Union / Masafumi Yabara. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012. 1 online resource (31 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Capital markets in the East African Community (EAC) face common challenges of low capitalization and liquidity, but to different degrees. EAC member countries have made noticeable progress in developing domestic capital markets through a regional approach, removing constraints on capital transactions and harmonizing market infrastructure. Nevertheless, empirical analysis suggests capital market integration has not deepened during the past few years in the EAC, although convergence of investment returns is taking place to some extent. Learning from the experience of the West African Economic and Monetary Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, EAC countries would benefit from four actions to accelerate financial market integration: (i) further harmonize market infrastructure; (ii) strengthen regional surveillance mechanisms; (iii) encourage local currency bond issuance by multilateral financial institutions; and (iv) build the capacity of the existing regional institutions. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/018 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2012/018/001.2012.issue-018-en.xml IMF e-Library