Contact Us | Site Index  
Search GO
topbanner.gif
 

Search

by topic

by chapter

by type
   Search

Print
Thematic Index

Factoring, 198, 199box
Fear of floating, 87box
Financial Action Task Force (FATF), 249, 251-252
Financial contracts, 163
Financial depth, 166-168
Financial development:
credit registries and, 185
dollarization and, 58-60
effect of state-owned banks on, 158-159
importance of informal institutions for, 168, 169box
inflation and, 59
legal institutions’ effect on, 172-173
property rights and, 163-164
by region, 5tab
tasks of, 5
Financial liberalization:
and bank franchise values, 33
and creditor rights, 173
as starting point for banking crises, 36, 47
Financial safety networks, 17, 19-20, 86, 99
Financial Sector Assessment Program, 89, 232-233, 239, 250
Financial services supermarkets, 246
Financial stability, 23, 171-172
Fixed assets, 164, 171
Focused subsidies, 220-221
Forbearance, 107
Foreign banks:
banking crisis role for, 82
claims of, 236, 237tab
costs/benefits of, 131-133
credit stability and, 21-22
and credit volatility, 134-135
and efficiency, 133-134
entry after bank crises, 119
impact of, 21
information disclosure and, 132-133, 239
lending by, 129
loans to Latin America by nationality of, 129, 131fig
and market segmentation, 136-137
market share in Latin America of, 129, 131fig, 236
mode of entry of, 237-238
motives for cross-border expansion, 130-131
and performance, 138-139
regulation of, 236-237
and risk, 139
and SME borrowing, 195
state-owned banks vs., 150tab
types of, 130box
Foreign-currency deposits:
consequences of, 16, 47
mismatches in, 11, 50-52, 94-96, 97tab
offshore, 49
types of, 49
Foreign-currency loan regulation, 96
Foreign direct investment (FDI), 130, 179
Foundation internal rating-based (F-IRB) approach, 228, 229tab, 230

  © 2008 Inter-American Development Bank. All rights reserved. Terms and Conditions