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024	8		_a10.1596/978-0-8213-8057-4
035			_a(The World Bank)bk18057
100	1		_aSophastienphong, Kiatchai
245	1	0	_aGetting Finance in South Asia 2010 _h[electronic resource] _bIndicators and Analysis of the Commercial Banking Sector _cSophastienphong, Kiatchai
260			_aWashington, D.C. : _bThe World Bank, _c2010
300			_a1 online resource (329 p.)
490	1		_aGetting Finance in South Asia
520	3		_aUtilizing standardized indicators from 2001 to 2008, Getting Finance in South Asia 2010 analyzes the financial performance and soundness of commercial banks in eight South Asian countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. While the indicators cannot predict the onset of a financial crisis, their analysis has identified specific weaknesses in regional financial sectors that should be addressed by the supervisory authorities. In this current edition of the annual Getting Finance publication, two new development dimensions -- payment systems developments and savings mobilization -- have been added to the six dimensions covered in the previous edition: access to finance, performance and efficiency, financial stability, market concentration and competitiveness, capital market development, and corporate governance. This edition also expands the country coverage to include Afghanistan, Bhutan and Maldives. New benchmark countries have also been added, including emerging countries from outside OECD. In addition to analyzing the Getting Finance indicators, the book also discusses the challenges facing South Asian banks and the impact of the global financial crisis on their operations. The new material in this edition enables readers to have a more holistic perspective of the indicators in South Asia and a better understanding of the financial systems in the region. Getting Finance Indicators 2010 reaffirms the World Bank’s commitment to working with developing member countries to promote financial sector development and create financial systems that are sound, stable, supportive of growth and responsive to people’s needs.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		4	_aAccess to Finance
650		4	_aBanking, Finance and Investment
650		4	_aBanks and Banking Reform
650		4	_aDebt Markets
650		4	_aDevelopment Economics
650		4	_aEmerging Markets
650		4	_aPrivate Sector
700	1		_aKulathunga, Anoma
700	1		_aSophastienphong, Kiatchai
776	0	8	_aPrint Version: _z9780821380574
830		0	_aGetting Finance in South Asia
830		0	_aWorld Bank e-Library.
856	4	0	_uhttp://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-8057-4
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