Preventing banking sector distress and crises in Latin America /

This conference discussed topics relevant to preventing banking crises in Latin America and the Caribbean. Its main objective was to discuss origins and remedies, ultimately devising a common framework that would render banking systems less vulnerable to systemic shocks. Three pertinent areas are di...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Proceedings of a Conference Washington, D.C., Banco Mundial
Other Authors: Bery, Suman K, ed, Garcia, Valeriano F, ed
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 1997
Series:World Bank discussion paper ; no. 360
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Abstract
  • Acknowledgments
  • The Conference proceedings / Suman K. Bery and Valeriano F. Garcia
  • Opening remarks / Sri-Ram Aiyer
  • Banking crises: a prologue / Alan Walters
  • Does Argentina provide a case for narrow banking? / Roque Fernandez and Liliana Schumacher
  • Deposit insurance: do we really need it? / Larry A. Sjaastad
  • Market-based banking regulation / Peter Nicholl
  • Roundtable discussion: systemic banking crises / Robert Eisenbeis, Valeriano F. Garcia, Sergio Ghigliazza, Allan H. Meltzer, José Evenor Taboada, Roberto Zahler, Rodrigo Bolaños Zamora
  • Postcript / Valeriano F. Garcia
  • Participants and attendees