The Author: Saovanee Chantapong currently works as a senior Economist at the Central Bank of Thailand (BOT). The author holds degrees from Kasetsart University (Bangkok), Manchester University (England) with British Council Scholarship and an Advanced Studies Certificate in International Economic Policy Research from the Kiel Institute for World Economics (IfW) (Germany). Her research interests are in international financial markets, banks and financial restructuring. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from the Faculty of Economics and Management at the University of Hannover (Germany) in 2005.