Codes are examined. The Tajik financial system is small despite recent rapid growth. Overall, banks remain well capitalized … and liquid, but the brisk expansion of their loan portfolios is rapidly eroding capital buffers in a context where … financial sector should be strengthened. The key areas for the banking sector include licensing, remedial actions, and …

on in the future. Banking sector problems in Russia, Turkey, and a few Latin American countries occurred within the …

, and interbank contagion risks. The results of the stress tests suggested that the Russian banking system is, on the whole …

Effective Banking Supervision. The Italian banking system seems to exhibit a high degree of resilience to possible macroeconomic …-cutting and restructuring remain key challenges for Italian banks, with several conjunctural factors putting pressures on costs …

strengthening the resilience of the country's financial sector. Total assets of the banking sector have increased twofold since 2003 …, and credit to the private sector has risen threefold. Loan classification, provisioning, and even capital remain uneven in … the banking sector, creating potential vulnerabilities. The rapid growth in nontraditional banking activities is …

We identify different sources of risk as important determinants of banks' corporate structures when expanding into new …-level limited liability, but are more exposed to the risk of capital expropriation than are branches. Thus, branch-based structures …

The assessment of the implementation of the Basel Core Principles (BCP) was conducted for effective banking supervision … in Nigeria. The assessment team reviewed the legal framework for banking supervision and held extensive discussions with … of the supervisory capacity of Nigerian banking system supervisors. …

The increased presence of foreign banks in a country's domestic banking system necessitates the development of … challenges which foreign banks bring to emerging market banking supervisors are also discussed. The paper also provides surveys … supervision, quality of home-country supervision, memoranda of understanding (MOUs), and "ringfencing" of banks. A number of …

subsidiaries in Central and Eastern Europe. We show that both domestic and foreign banks sharply curtailed credit during the crisis …We use data on 1,294 banks in Central and Eastern Europe to analyze how bank ownership and creditor coordination in the … European banks signed country-specific commitment letters in which they pledged to maintain exposures and to support their …

of the Chadian banking system have been discussed with an emphasis on insurance and pension plans. In this study, the …