(PCR) data were performed in collaboration with the central banks in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. The results of the …

privatizations of state-owned banks, mergers and acquisitions, closing down of troubled banks, entry by foreign banks, and so on. The … such measures to a set of bank characteristics. Their main results indicate that state-owned banks are less productive than …

"Caprio and Honohan question the widespread belief that market discipline on banks cannot be effective in less … foreign banks, and through international trading of the debt and equity of locally-controlled nongovernment banks; and (3) the … smaller size of the business and financial community. However, continuing dominance by public sector banks in some countries …

public funds. To ensure adequate bank capitalization, a comprehensive review of banks' asset portfolios and collateral …

) community banks and commercial banks' rural operations; vi) insurance and pensions; vii) housing finance; viii) money and … Institutions; and iv) Community Banks and Commercial banks' rural operations. Volume 3 (Non-Bank Financial Institutions and Markets …