department to understand and promote private sector financing in emerging markets"--World Bank web site …

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 …

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 …

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 …