Technical Assistance for Government Debt Issuance and Management

$239.3K USD

Funder	Department of the Treasury
Recipient Organization	U.S. Government - Department of Treasury
Country	Kenya
Start Date	Feb 26, 2012
End Date	Feb 24, 2014
Duration	729 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`141250-75`

Grant Description

The Resident Banking Advisor will be placed at the Kenya School of Monetary Studies for the purpose of developing technical assistance programs related to the financial sector development and integration within the East African Community (EAC).

Technical assistance will be provided to requesting States, Ministries or Central Banks regarding the strengthening, reform and/or design and implementation of:. Payment system integration, with special emphasis on electronic cross-border payments. Deposit protection schemes in the context of an integrated financial and banking market .

Macroeconomic and monetary policies. Financial stability; coordination of responses to threats to financial stability. Design and implementation of economic research programs in support of banking and financial market development . Anti-money laundering and financial crimes. Public finance, financial management and policy .

Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) lending;. Financial inclusion.