Publication: Getting Finance in South Asia 2009
Date
2008
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Published
2008
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Abstract
This report, getting finance in South
Asia 2009, published annually by the unit, 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. This
program has enabled the Bank to initiate a dialogue with the
supervisory authorities in South Asia to improve their data
collection efforts, which will in turn strengthen their
off-site supervision work. It also provides the impetus for
the Bank to expand its monitoring and evaluation work. The
getting finance indicators, and the country rankings that
are based on them, are expected to become an increasingly
important reference tool for the Bank in monitoring and
evaluating development objectives and outcomes in its
financial sector operations. These indicators should also
prove to be a valuable tool for financial sector supervisory
agencies in South Asia. The updated indicators, country
rankings, and benchmarks should better equip these agencies
to monitor the health of their respective country's
banking system and to assess its robustness and
sustainability relative to others in South Asia and in more
developed economies.
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Citation
“Sophastienphong, Kiatchai; Kulathunga, Anoma. 2008. Getting Finance in South Asia 2009. © Washington, DC : World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6546 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”