Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. EXPORT PERFORMANCE IN ZIMBABWE -- III. ANALYSIS OF THE DETERMINANTS OF … EXPORT BEHAVIOR -- IV. COMPARATIVE MEASURES OF COMPETITIVENESS -- V. CONCLUSIONS -- Appendix I. Description of Sources and …

This paper examines the behavior of bank soundness indicators during episodes of brisk loan growth, using bank …-level data for central and eastern Europe and controlling for the feedback effect of credit growth on bank soundness. No evidence … is found that rapid loan expansion has weakened banks during the last decade, but over time weaker banks seem to have …

declines in lending standards by incumbent banks. Finally, lending standards declined more in areas with higher mortgage …

are experiencing credit booms. This paper analyzes the role of foreign-owned banks in these credit booms. The results show … that the CEE countries depend on foreign banks, and these foreign banks depend on interbank funding. Lending by foreign … banks seems driven by economic growth and interest rate margins. This lending appears independent of economic but not …

advanced and emerging economies. This paper studies how well Indian banks allocate capital across firms with varying levels of … productivity. The analysis reveals that the link between productivity and bank credit growth is weaker for firms with significant … ties to public sector banks, especially in years when public sector banks represent a large share of new credit. Large …

financial access faced by the low-income segments of population, this paper presents an analysis of a novel dataset on bank … the costs of maintaining a bank checking account and conducting a few basic transactions can exceed 5 percent of monthly …, especially for low-income households and SMEs. The analysis also highlights the need to collect more granular data on the …

). Firm-level SME data and sectoral corporate balance sheets show that many SMEs have faced structural challenges of high … Performance of SMEs, by Risk Groups -- 5. Japan: Slow SME Restructuring -- 6. Limited Availability of Risk-based Capital and … conditions have been accommodative, credit growth has remained weak, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs …