Kazuhiko Yago, Professor at Waseda University, Japan, works on banking history. He published a book on French public sector financial institution, revising his doctoral dissertation "L’épargne populaire comme fonds de placement public: Caisse des dépôts et consignations (1919-1939)" which he defended at Université Paris X in 1996.

"Kazuhiko Yago, one of the most ‘Europeanised’ Japanese scholars, benefited from a grant (Suntory Foundation) which helped him delve into the archives of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) (organised by Piet Clement) and of a few central banks. His book does not compete with Gianni Toniolo’s overall history commissioned by the BIS ... or with the papers delivered by either Toniolo or Clement. Nevertheless, it makes a contribution to the construction of the history of the BIS and to that of the cooperation between central banks, in Europe and across the Atlantic, and its bibliography, collected in the endnotes, serves as a toolkit in its own right..." —Financial History Review, Volume 21, Issue 02, 2014

• 1. The Founding of the Bank for International Settlements 2. The Bank for International Settlements and Central Banks during the 1930s 3. On the Eve of Bretton Woods Conference 4. The Road to a Gold-dollar Standard 5. An Alternative to Neoliberalism: International Currency Issues and the Bank for International Settlements in the 1950s and 1960s 6. General Conclusion

Kazuhiko Yago, Professor at Waseda University, Japan, works on banking history. He published a book on French public sector financial institution, revising his doctoral dissertation "L’épargne populaire comme fonds de placement public: Caisse des dépôts et consignations (1919-1939)" which he defended at Université Paris X in 1996.

"Kazuhiko Yago, one of the most ‘Europeanised’ Japanese scholars, benefited from a grant (Suntory Foundation) which helped him delve into the archives of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) (organised by Piet Clement) and of a few central banks. His book does not compete with Gianni Toniolo’s overall history commissioned by the BIS ... or with the papers delivered by either Toniolo or Clement. Nevertheless, it makes a contribution to the construction of the history of the BIS and to that of the cooperation between central banks, in Europe and across the Atlantic, and its bibliography, collected in the endnotes, serves as a toolkit in its own right..." —Financial History Review, Volume 21, Issue 02, 2014

• 1. The Founding of the Bank for International Settlements 2. The Bank for International Settlements and Central Banks during the 1930s 3. On the Eve of Bretton Woods Conference 4. The Road to a Gold-dollar Standard 5. An Alternative to Neoliberalism: International Currency Issues and the Bank for International Settlements in the 1950s and 1960s 6. General Conclusion

Kazuhiko Yago, Professor at Waseda University, Japan, works on banking history. He published a book on French public sector financial institution, revising his doctoral dissertation "L’épargne populaire comme fonds de placement public: Caisse des dépôts et consignations (1919-1939)" which he defended at Université Paris X in 1996.

"Kazuhiko Yago, one of the most ‘Europeanised’ Japanese scholars, benefited from a grant (Suntory Foundation) which helped him delve into the archives of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) (organised by Piet Clement) and of a few central banks. His book does not compete with Gianni Toniolo’s overall history commissioned by the BIS ... or with the papers delivered by either Toniolo or Clement. Nevertheless, it makes a contribution to the construction of the history of the BIS and to that of the cooperation between central banks, in Europe and across the Atlantic, and its bibliography, collected in the endnotes, serves as a toolkit in its own right..." —Financial History Review, Volume 21, Issue 02, 2014

• 1. The Founding of the Bank for International Settlements 2. The Bank for International Settlements and Central Banks during the 1930s 3. On the Eve of Bretton Woods Conference 4. The Road to a Gold-dollar Standard 5. An Alternative to Neoliberalism: International Currency Issues and the Bank for International Settlements in the 1950s and 1960s 6. General Conclusion