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It is widely perceived that competition in the Indian banking sector has increased since the inception of the financial sector reforms in 1992. Using annual data on scheduled commercial banks for the period 1996-2004, the paper evaluates the validity of this claim in the Indian context. The...
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Financial sector liberalization can spur economic growth and development, but reforms to liberalize the financial sector can also entail risks if they are not properly designed and implemented. One of the central questions for countries reforming their financial systems is how to sequence the...
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) update conducted jointly by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) in September 2015. As agreed with the …
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This note provides a set of high-level recommendations that can guide national regulatory and supervisory responses to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and offers an overview of measures taken across jurisdictions to date. The banking sector plays a critical role in mitigating the...
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The experiences of past financial crises have strengthened the Russian bank resolution framework. The resolution … framework has been effective in preserving financial stability. The effectiveness of bank resolution could be improved … public funds. To ensure adequate bank capitalization, a comprehensive review of banks' asset portfolios and collateral …
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Banks will want to influence the bank regulator to favor their interests, and they typically have the means to do so …
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intervention and careful management at both the strategic and individual bank levels. This paper highlights the range of …
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Systemic bank restructing aims to improve bank performance - that is, restore solvency and profitability, improve the … banking system's capacity to provide financial intermediation between savers and borrowers, and restore public confidence. The …
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This paper proposes a stylized sequencing of banking supervision and bank restructuring measures designed to complement … because the initial cost of bank restructuring can be offset, partly, through the budgetary effects of improved enterprise …
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This Technical Note examines the condition of the banking system for Pakistan. The number of commercial banks and various nonbank financial institutions in the country grew rapidly in the early 1990s. The privatization of state-owned banks has been accompanied by the liberalization in the...
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