of Kenya's banking system, using aggregate, bank-level, and survey data. Banks' asset quality and liquidity positions … supervision of microfinance institutions and cooperatives is a priority. Maintaining an openness to new, and non-bank, providers …

differences are smaller than expected. Comparing conventional and Islamic banks and controlling for other bank and country …

between bank lending specialization and bank performance and stability in an international sample. Theory suggests that banks … exposures, while not leading to higher returns. The paper also documents important time, cross-bank, and cross-county variation …

Between 1995 and 2005, foreign bank participation in Mexico rose from 2 percent of bank assets to 83 percent, as the … top five largest banks were acquired by foreigners. This paper examines the link between foreign bank acquisitions and … banking outreach. Using quarterly country, bank, and bank-municipality-level data, the authors find some contrasting patterns …