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Working with a private bank in Ghana, this study examines the impacts of a commitment savings product designed to help … clients taking repeated overdrafts break their debt cycles. Overall, the product significantly increased savings with the bank … without increasing overdrafts. However, after accounting for other sources of savings, the study finds that clients with above …
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This paper summarizes the latest update of the World Bank Bank Regulation and Supervision Survey. The paper explores and summarizes the evolution in bank capital regulations, capitalization of banks, market discipline, and supervisory power since the global financial crisis. It shows that...
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Analysis of data from emerging economies suggests that, unless properly managed, the introduction of higher minimum bank capital requirements may well induce an aggregate slowdown or contraction of bank credit in these economies
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Cross-border banking in emerging markets and developing economies has expanded across most World Bank regions and has become large relative to some home and host economies. This paper analyzes recent trends of bank activities of financial groups headquartered in 46 emerging markets and...
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