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UN Habitat, 211
Uncertainty, 32, 124
Underground economy, 244,
247
Unexpected loss, 230, 235
United Kingdom:
 common
law, 172box
Glorious
Revolution (17th Century), 163
high
bank concentration in, 123
as
lender to Latin America, 129
small
and medium enterprises, 187
United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism
(1999), 251
United Nations Convention on Transnational Organized Crime, 249
United States:
access
to credit, 124-125
Basel
I standards for, 239
credit
registries, 180
credit
volatility, 134
as
lender to Latin America, 129
low
bank concentration and instability in, 123
mortgage-backed
securities, 222-223
savings
and loan crisis, 72box,
114
Uruguay:
banking
crisis resolution, 77-82
CPI-indexed
debt, 64
financial
dollarization, 49, 51,
95
Fund
for Fortifying the System of Banks (FFSF), 80-81
housing
finance, 209, 211box,
214-215
money
laundering, 243, 251
state-owned
banks, 147, 151
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