bank performance. They argue that it is important to include indicators of all the relevant governance effects in the same … likely due to placing nonperforming loans into residual entities, leaving "good" privatized banks."--World Bank web site …

Wang investigate the impact of foreign bank entry on the performance of domestic banks and how this relationship is … observation based on descriptive analysis is that the degree of openness to foreign bank entry varies a great deal, which is not … of liberalization, foreign bank entry has significantly improved domestic bank competitiveness in countries that …

"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 …

difficult to establish otherwise. "--World Bank web site …

international banking also play a role, but their influence is less robust. Finally, they find that the mix of international bank … share of local claims. "--World Bank web site …

"The authors (1) present new indicators of banking sector penetration across 99 countries based on a survey of bank … the alleviation of firms' financing constraints. "--World Bank web site …

banks, ministries of finance, major multilateral organizations, and many departments of the World Bank. …