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CMF in Review: 2006-2011

Hooten, Christopher; Pietrobelli, Carlo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

analyzes the operations portfolio of CMF from 2006 to 2011 drawing on a unique classification system developed in conjunction … Institutions Division (CMF) of the Inter-American Development Bank. Presented with each chapter as an independent piece, the paper … with the Division's internal Operations and Project Database. The goal of this database and paper is to move beyond the …

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Making Banks Safer; Can Volcker and Vickers Do it?

Chow, Julian T. S.; Surti, Jay - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

This paper assesses proposals to redefine the scope of activities of systemically important financial institutions. Alongside reform of prudential regulation and oversight, these have been offered as solutions to the too-important-to-fail problem. It is argued that while the more radical of...

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The Accountability of Financial Sector Supervisors; Principles and Practice

Taylor, Michael; Quintyn, Marc; Hüpkes, Eva H. G. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

Policymakers' uneasiness about granting independence to financial sector regulators stems to a large extent from the lack of familiarity with, and elusiveness of, the concept of accountability. This paper gives operational content to accountability and argues that it is possible to do so in a...

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Does Regulatory Governance Matter for Financial System Stability? An Empirical Analysis

Das, Udaibir S.; Quintyn, Marc; Chenard, Kina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

This paper provides empirical evidence that the quality of regulatory governance-governance practices adopted by financial system regulators and supervisors-matters for financial system soundness. The paper constructs indices of financial system soundness and regulatory governance, based on...

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Financial Soundness Indicators; Analytical Aspects and Country Practices

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2002

The financial turmoil of the late 1990s prompted a broad search for tools and techniques for detecting and preventing financial crises, and more recent episodes of instability have high lighted the importance of continuous monitoring of financial systems as a tool for preventing crises. This...

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Building Blocks for Effective Macroprudential Policies in Latin America; Institutional Considerations

Imam, Patrick A.; Nier, Erlend; Jácome, Luis Ignacio - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

, Brazil, and Uruguay. …

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Public Financial Institutions in Developed Countries; Organization and Oversight

Ratnovski, Lev; Narain, Aditya - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

While public financial institutions (such as public development banks) are commonly associated with developing countries, in fact they are prevalent in the developed world as well. We study a sample of public financial institutions in industrialized countries and identify dominant trends in...

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Why are the G-20 Data Gaps Initiative and the SDDS Plus Relevant for Financial Stability Analysis?

Heath, Robert M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

In the wake of the recent global crisis the international community is giving an increased focus on stability of the financial system, so-called financial stability analysis. With the increasing need for data sets to undertake this analysis, the question naturally arises as to what types of data...

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The Multilateral Investment Fund in 2010: Expanding Access to Finance, Markets, Capabilities and Basic Services in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2011

-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and low-income populations in the region. Building on the key success drivers that allowed the MIF to achieve …

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Microfinance: From Village to Wall Street?

Jansson, Tor - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001

This paper presents a synopsis of the current state of the microfinance industry in Latin America. It provides a rough assessment of the achievement and outreach of the industry; it offers revealing information on the financial performance of 20 microfinance institutions; and it outlines some of...

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