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 …

larger effort in the group to understand the sources of growth and volatility"--World Bank web site …

transparency and accountability in government and industry alike. "--World Bank web site …

"A rapidly growing empirical literature is studying the causes and consequences of bank fragility in contemporary … the policies to forestall them. The paper concludes by identifying directions for future research. "--World Bank web site …

"There is a wide cross-country variation in the institutional structure of bank failure resolution, including the role … scheme are more stable and less likely to become insolvent. Involvement of the deposit insurer in bank failure resolution … thus dampens the negative effect that deposit insurance has on banks' risk taking. "--World Bank web site …