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Pakistan undertook major financial sector reforms starting in the late 1980s. The effects of these reforms on the profitability and cost and revenue efficiency of the banking sector are evaluated. The revenue performance of all banks, and especially the privatized banks, improved significantly,...
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It is widely perceived that competition in the Indian banking sector has increased since the inception of the financial sector reforms in 1992. Using annual data on scheduled commercial banks for the period 1996-2004, the paper evaluates the validity of this claim in the Indian context. The...
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This paper compares experiences with banking crises in seven countries in order to analyze the factors governing the crises and the effectiveness of measures to deal with the problems. The linkages between deregulation of the financial sector, and financial crises are examined. The portfolio...
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adjustment policies. Bank portfolio weakness can limit the flexibility of interest rate policy, the scope of financial reforms …
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Capital flows have increased significantly in recent years and are a key aspect of the global monetary system. They offer potential benefits to countries, but their size and volatility can also pose policy challenges. The Fund needs to be in a position to provide clear and consistent advice with...
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The Institutional View (IV) on the Liberalization and Management of Capital Flows, adopted in 2012, provides the basis for consistent advice, and where relevant, assessments on policies related to capital flows. This paper reviews the IV, informed by advances in research, notably the work on an...
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This paper describes the situation of bank distress which developed in Bangladesh since 1983-84. Since the key problem …
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This paper proposes a stylized sequencing of banking supervision and bank restructuring measures designed to complement … because the initial cost of bank restructuring can be offset, partly, through the budgetary effects of improved enterprise …
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At the request of the Colombian authorities, the bank resolution regime was assessed against the Key Attributes of … Board (FSB), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank utilizing the draft KA Assessment Methodology (AM). The … elements of the AM that directly relate to bank resolution without assessing those addressing the resolution of insurance firms …
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