obtain measures of bank level productivity by employing the techniques due to Levinsohn and Petrin (2003). They then relate … such measures to a set of bank characteristics. Their main results indicate that state-owned banks are less productive than … their private peers, and that privatization has increased productivity. "--World Bank web site …

"Powell, Mylenko, Miller, and Majnoni analyze how data in public credit registries can be used both to strengthen bank …, including in calculations of credit risk for capital and provisioning requirements, or as a check on a bank's internal ratings … the Caribbean Region--is part of a larger effort in the region to analyze the effects of bank capital regulation …

the Finance Team, Development Research Group - is part of a larger effort in the Bank to provide research on what works to … strengthen countries' financial systems"--World Bank web site …

) update conducted jointly by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) in September 2015. As agreed with the …

framework has been effective in preserving financial stability. The effectiveness of bank resolution could be improved …The experiences of past financial crises have strengthened the Russian bank resolution framework. The resolution … Attributes (KAs) would improve the framework's effectiveness. Resolution measures should be taken without relying on the use of …

In 2007-08 Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), the central bank of Afghanistan, was in the process of reforming the financial …: reputable private investors; small and medium entrepreneurs; BRAC, a microfinance institution; Kabul Bank, a fast growing … commercial bank; and Bank Millie, a state-owned bank. The examination of each institution will address the factors that have …

Institutions; and iv) Community Banks and Commercial banks' rural operations. Volume 3 (Non-Bank Financial Institutions and Markets …