the Caribbean Region--is part of a larger effort in the region to analyze the effects of bank capital regulation"--World …"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 …

strengthen countries' financial systems"--World Bank web site … foreign banks, and through international trading of the debt and equity of locally-controlled nongovernment banks; and (3) the … governments around the world as monitors of their self-owned banks. Countries should build on this potential for market discipline …

Caribbean Region--is part of a larger effort in the region to analyze the effects of bank capital regulation"--World Bank web …"Majnoni, Miller, and Powell propose an integrated approach to minimum bank capital and loan loss reserves regulation …

priority. "--World Bank web site … (albeit incompletely) existing good practices in bank risk measurement. However, its effective implementation in many …

regulation around the world. The authors find a significant and positive relationship between bank soundness (measured with Moody … Core Principles. "--World Bank web site … bank soundness. BCP compliance assessments provide a unique source of information about the quality of bank supervision and …