"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 … supervision and to improve the quality of credit analysis by financial institutions. Empirical tests using public credit registry …

The theme of this report is Nigeria's competitiveness and growth. This report consequently focuses on constraints …. Its objective is not to present a "blueprint" for Nigeria's growth but rather to raise issues and provide some options for … first section analyzes Nigeria's growth history, examines the recent growth pick up and assesses its sustainability. The …

"Under the traditional "competition-fragility" view, more bank competition erodes market power, decreases profit … margins, and results in reduced franchise value that encourages bank risk taking. Under the alternative "competition …-stability" view, more market power in the loan market may result in greater bank risk as the higher interest rates charged to loan …

"The relationships among competition in the financial sector, access of firms to external financing, and associated … economic growth are ambiguous in theory. Moreover, measuring competition in the financial sector can be complex. In this paper … Claessens and Laeven first estimate for 16 countries a measure of banking system competition based on industrial organization …