Publication: Financial Sector Assessment : Turkey
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2007-09
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2007-09
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A joint International Monetary Fund-World Bank team conducted an assessment of Turkey's financial system in connection with the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) through missions in April, August-September 2006 and March, 2007. This report provides a summary of the main findings of the assessment and the policy priorities identified. The main objective of the FSAP is to assist the authorities to assess potential areas of vulnerability and current initiatives to develop the local financial sector. This report gives an overall assessment of the financial sector in Turkey. The report gives an updated overall assessment, economic background, discusses the banking sector, financial conditions and stress testing, non-bank financial institutions, pension funds, capital markets and the financial infrastructure of Turkey.
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“World Bank. 2007. Financial Sector Assessment : Turkey. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7897 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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