The World Bank, IMF, BIS, OECD and other international institutions are active in the evolution of standards relevant for the functioning of domestic and international financial systems.
These cover a wide range of areas including data dissemination, fiscal, monetary and financial policy transparency (IMF), banking regulation and supervision (BIS), securities market regulation (International Organization of Securities Commissions), insurance regulation (International Association of Insurance Supervisors), accounting (International Accounting Standards Committee), Auditing (International Federation of Accountants), Bankruptcy (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law) and Corporate Governance (OECD, World Bank and Basle Committee).