This paper uses unique bank-by-bank balance sheet and income statement information to investigate the intermediation … efficiency in the Nigerian pre-consolidated banking sector during 2000-05. The author analyzes whether the Central Bank of …

of countries. Finally, it presents a detailed case study of the governance arrangements in place at the Development Bank …

This study adopts a practical approach in developing a set of guidelines on designing a bank resolution framework and … implementing efficient bank resolution methods in Latin America. It identifies six pillars that are useful for establishing a bank … resolution framework. The study aims to guide policymakers choose from a set of bank resolution methods, by outlining their …

Profitability improvements after the privatization of a large state-owned bank might come at the expense of reduced … access to financial services for some groups, especially the rural poor. The privatization of Tanzania's National Bank of … Commerce provides a unique episode for studying this issue. The bank was split into the "new" National Bank of Commerce, a …