financial sector is scarcely used to finance their investments. The lack of funding for the SME sector, or its high cost, has a …

This paper presents evidence that spillovers through bank lending, as opposed to trade linkages and country … characteristics, can help explain contagion. We construct a measure of competition for bank funds and find evidence in favor of a …

indicators of overall bank soundness and key macroprudential indicators. Country practices and recent moves to more forward …

-affiliated institutions, promotion of electronic registrations, risk-based financing, and reinforcing bank administrations. The Board takes up …

To test the role of bank lending in transmitting currency crisis we examine a panel of BIS data on bank flows to 30 … emerging markets disaggregated by 11 banking centers. We find that bank exposures to a crisis country help predict bank flows …

borrowers to assess collateralized financing practices from a development perspective. The work of the IMF and World Bank …

The volume of credit extended by a bank can be an informative signal of its abilities in loan selection and management …

the People's Bank of China (China). The new borrowing agreement with Spain, the amendments to the NPA with Japan, and the …the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (PRGT or Trust), has entered into a new borrowing agreement with the Bank of … new NPA with China provide new resources of SDR 450 million, SDR 1.8 billion and SDR 800 million, respectively, to the …