The purpose of this study is to answer the question ‘Is Egypt ready to apply IT regime? The researcher presumed that; a country is ready to apply IT regime once the prerequisites for IT regime are available. Comparing the current position of Egypt with some emerging market economies, the...

Loans to non-financial enterprises are the main source of banks' losses. Analyses of banks' losses on corporate loans are therefore important in the assessment of financial stability. This paper presents Norges Bank's framework for estimating losses on corporate loans built up from microdata for...