The expansion of the public sector since independence in this milieu of socio-political transformation has been a major contributor to today’s strengths. Expanded educational opportunities, with nominal  BIS Review 41/2006  1  fees, led to high quality in education.
Tonight, I want to touch on one of those areas, corporate governance, but I also want to focus on the way a central banker considers corporate governance issues, particularly how these issues affect the performance of financial markets and the functioning of the economic system.