SIMA MOTAMEN-SAMADIAN is a Principal Lecturer, and the Director of the Centre for the Study of Emerging Markets (CSEM) at Westminster Business School, UK. She obtained her MA and PhD in Economics from Essex University and worked at Tehran University, City University Business School and Portsmouth University. She has co-edited International Debt and Central Banking in the 1980's with Z. Rez (Macmillan, 1987), Emerging Markets: Past and Present Experiences, and Future Prospects with C. Garido (Macmillan, 2000), and edited Dynamic Models and Their Application in Emerging and Global Markets (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005), Capital Flows and Direct Foreign Investment in Emerging Markets (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) and Risk Management in Emerging Markets (Palgrave Macmillan 2005).

• List of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction; S.Motamen-Samadian Basel II: Principles of Avoiding Regulatory Failure; J.Tanega Developing an Understanding of Credit-Risk Processes in Selected UK Sectors; A.Puri & H.Thapar Risk Analysis and Sustainability of Alternative Crop Production Systems; M.Hussein & A.Saboor Country Risk and Governance: Strange Bedfellows?; M.H.Bouchet & B.Groslambert Market Deregulation, Volatility and Spillover Effects: Experiences from Emerging Stock Markets; D.Kluong Nguyen The Baghdad Stock Exchange: A Dismal First Decade - A Growth Path Ahead?; K.J.A.Shubber & T.A.Kadhim Risk Management and Securitization of Assets: The Case of Iraq; O.Sholarin Index

SIMA MOTAMEN-SAMADIAN is a Principal Lecturer, and the Director of the Centre for the Study of Emerging Markets (CSEM) at Westminster Business School, UK. She obtained her MA and PhD in Economics from Essex University and worked at Tehran University, City University Business School and Portsmouth University. She has co-edited International Debt and Central Banking in the 1980's with Z. Rez (Macmillan, 1987), Emerging Markets: Past and Present Experiences, and Future Prospects with C. Garido (Macmillan, 2000), and edited Dynamic Models and Their Application in Emerging and Global Markets (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005), Capital Flows and Direct Foreign Investment in Emerging Markets (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) and Risk Management in Emerging Markets (Palgrave Macmillan 2005).

• List of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction; S.Motamen-Samadian Basel II: Principles of Avoiding Regulatory Failure; J.Tanega Developing an Understanding of Credit-Risk Processes in Selected UK Sectors; A.Puri & H.Thapar Risk Analysis and Sustainability of Alternative Crop Production Systems; M.Hussein & A.Saboor Country Risk and Governance: Strange Bedfellows?; M.H.Bouchet & B.Groslambert Market Deregulation, Volatility and Spillover Effects: Experiences from Emerging Stock Markets; D.Kluong Nguyen The Baghdad Stock Exchange: A Dismal First Decade - A Growth Path Ahead?; K.J.A.Shubber & T.A.Kadhim Risk Management and Securitization of Assets: The Case of Iraq; O.Sholarin Index

SIMA MOTAMEN-SAMADIAN is a Principal Lecturer, and the Director of the Centre for the Study of Emerging Markets (CSEM) at Westminster Business School, UK. She obtained her MA and PhD in Economics from Essex University and worked at Tehran University, City University Business School and Portsmouth University. She has co-edited International Debt and Central Banking in the 1980's with Z. Rez (Macmillan, 1987), Emerging Markets: Past and Present Experiences, and Future Prospects with C. Garido (Macmillan, 2000), and edited Dynamic Models and Their Application in Emerging and Global Markets (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005), Capital Flows and Direct Foreign Investment in Emerging Markets (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) and Risk Management in Emerging Markets (Palgrave Macmillan 2005).

• List of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction; S.Motamen-Samadian Basel II: Principles of Avoiding Regulatory Failure; J.Tanega Developing an Understanding of Credit-Risk Processes in Selected UK Sectors; A.Puri & H.Thapar Risk Analysis and Sustainability of Alternative Crop Production Systems; M.Hussein & A.Saboor Country Risk and Governance: Strange Bedfellows?; M.H.Bouchet & B.Groslambert Market Deregulation, Volatility and Spillover Effects: Experiences from Emerging Stock Markets; D.Kluong Nguyen The Baghdad Stock Exchange: A Dismal First Decade - A Growth Path Ahead?; K.J.A.Shubber & T.A.Kadhim Risk Management and Securitization of Assets: The Case of Iraq; O.Sholarin Index