Of the OECD Conference on Financial Sector Development in the Central Asian Countries -- Potential for Securities Markets in the Central Asian Countries, Azerbaijan and Mongolia -- Financial Markets and Institutional Investors in Central Asia -- Securities Market in the Republic of Azerbaijan -- Supervision of the Securities Market in the Republic of Kazakhstan -- The Further Development and Reliable Operations of the Securities Market in Kyrgyz Republic -- The Development of Institutional Investors and Pension Funds in Kyrgyzstan -- The Origin and Development of the Securities Market in Mongolia -- Securities Market Development in Mongolia -- Securities Market in the Republic of Tajikistan -- Securities Market in Uzbekistan -- Uzbekistan Corporate Securities Market's Infrastructure.

Central Asia's securities markets remain small-scale and underdeveloped. Building up well functioning securities markets will be essential to vitalising their economies. This publication contains an overview of securities markets in the region and selected country reports. It provides comprehensive data and analyses of securities markets in the region, updated to April 2005, addressing specifically effective measures to develop securities markets and infrastructure, especially the role of institutional investors and clearing and settlement systems; building investor confidence; and regulation and supervision of securities markets.