This paper summarizes the latest update of the World Bank Bank Regulation and Supervision Survey. The paper explores …

and Central Asia region. It shows that banks in Europe and Central Asia are better capitalized, as measured by regulatory … Central Asia is more sensitive to changes in simple leverage ratios than in regulatory capital ratios, consistent with the …

Cross-border banking in emerging markets and developing economies has expanded across most World Bank regions and has …

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