-market premium and putting more downward pressure on domestic prices. "--World Bank web site …

transparency and accountability in government and industry alike. "--World Bank web site … supervision in every country in the world. The paper concludes by identifying reforms that would improve incentives by increasing …

strengthen countries' financial systems"--World Bank web site … governments around the world as monitors of their self-owned banks. Countries should build on this potential for market discipline … the Finance Team, Development Research Group - is part of a larger effort in the Bank to provide research on what works to …

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 …

thus dampens the negative effect that deposit insurance has on banks' risk taking. "--World Bank web site …"There is a wide cross-country variation in the institutional structure of bank failure resolution, including the role … scheme are more stable and less likely to become insolvent. Involvement of the deposit insurer in bank failure resolution …

the policies to forestall them. The paper concludes by identifying directions for future research. "--World Bank web site …"A rapidly growing empirical literature is studying the causes and consequences of bank fragility in contemporary …