Central Bank supervision is one of the pillars of capital regulation. Based on a unique database built using supervision data from the Central Bank of Brazil, we evaluate the effectiveness of the Central Bank's supervision ...

This paper is part of a larger World Bank project on banking supervision in some Latin American countries. Taking into account the framework applied to the larger project, the paper describes the present situation of banking ...

La evidencia empírica indica que la relación de largo plazo con un banco permite a las firmas obtener acceso a más crédito y en mejores condiciones, inclusive con otros acreedores. El presente trabajo tiene por objetivo ...

This article analyses the main challenges involved in modernizing bank supervision in the light of recent banking crises and the changes currently taking place in the financial system at the international level. Within a ...

This paper examines the effectiveness of cooperation among bank supervisors using novel data on supranational agreements signed by 93 countries. Exploiting that globally operating banks are differently covered by these ...

The banking sector reforms that the countries of Latin America undertook in the 1990s were an important step forward, but proved insufficient. Although it is true that the region as a whole progressed significantly, ...

Los Principios Básicos para una Supervisión Bancaria Efectiva, constituyen lasrecomendaciones más importantes para la regulación y supervisión prudencial. Enla presente investigación, se establece un diagnóstico de la ...