This essay discusses policies for decision-making related to sovereign debt and treasury operations, based on a partially dollarized economy like Peru. The methodology used is deductive argumentation. To do this, using organizational theory, international norms and standards, and best practices...

English Abstract: In his testimony, the Governor’s analysis of the impartiality and autonomy of independent economic authorities contributes to the Committee’s review of the “measures needed to strengthen the impartiality and independence of independent authorities and regulatory...

The objective of this report is to analyze whether development banks in Germany, Spain and Brazil have made a strategic counter during the current crisis. The development banks (necessarily consistent with public policy) are a tool that can address the countercyclical strategy that could drive...

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) has defined operational risk (OR) as the risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and systems from external events. This definition includes legal risk, but excludes strategic and reputational risk....

Peru has an economy partially "dollarized" where 70% of the liquidity of the bank system has been in US dollars during the last decade. Most of the salaries and goods trading are in "soles" (Peruvian currency) but the companies and people borrow and save in US dollars. This "dollarization"...

Resumen El presente documento realiza una descripción del proceso de pruebas de tensión bancaria, tanto en los principales mercados financieros del mundo como en Chile. Para ello se discute y describe, qué son las pruebas de tensión bancaria, cuál es su origen, para qué sirven, las etapas...

El trabajo tiene como objetivo determinar los factores que explican los niveles de ineficiencia técnica del sector bancario boliviano en el período post-liberalización financiera. Los resultados obtenidos mostraron que los factores que explicarían los niveles de ineficiencia son...

This document describes the main issues of the New Basel Accord, highlights the roles and organization of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), and offers some arguments against some of the criticism that has been voiced against the...

The text explores generally whether recommendations relating to deposit insurance are international guidleines or mandatory rules, explores the role of deposit insurance as one of several elements in the financial safety net, and offers an outlook to a future with more research and cross-border...

Text presented at the 19ª Asamblea Anual del Grupo Regional de América Latina y el Caribe (GRULAC), of the World Savings Banks Institute, La Habana, Cuba, 4-5 November 2013. It mentions some of the more recent international reform initiatives in particular those linked to the Basel Committee...