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# Currency Boards for Developing Countries: A Handbook (Also in Spanish, Turkish, Farsi, Arabic, and Bulgarian) 

October 1994 

By [Steve H. Hanke](https://www.cato.org/people/steve-h-hanke) 

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##### About the Author 

Steve H. Hanke is a professor of applied economics and founder and codirector of the Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.