The emerging economies in the South Asian region have embarked on a bold reform process to develop the banking sector …. This development has improved the transparency and accountability of the banking sector because these countries focused on … discipline bank management. It was, therefore timely for the central banks in the region to introduce a best practice for the …

banking performance in four Asian economies : the People's Republic of China (PRC); Hong Kong, China; Singapore; and Taipei … performance in these four economies between 2003 and 2008. Our analysis of the indicators reveals that banking performance under a …

This paper investigates whether there is any consistency between banks financial strength ratings (bank rating) and … they assume and thereby have a low probability of experiencing financial distress. Bank ratings, a measure of a banks … z-score), then apply the stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) to obtain the risk-return efficiency score for each bank …

liberalisation and deregulation measures taken by the central bank over the last two decades. For this purpose, it uses Survey … inefficiencies of commercial banks. Out of 35 commercial banks, 15 banks have been chosen for analysis purpose. Key banking reforms … remain helpful in correcting flaws in the banking sector of Pakistan. In particular, privatisation of banks, the deregulation …

The study examines local responses to globalization, with Cebu as a case in point. It describes the initiatives of the …

Globalization process has entailed trade openness, greater emphasis on foreign direct investment, stabilization …