The Role of State Banks in the MENA Region

In Middle East and North Africa (MENA), state banks played a less important role in the recovery as compared to several countries in Latin America and South Asia, as well as China, where state banks played a counter-cyclical role. When private bank...

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Main Author:	Rocha, Roberto
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ADVANCED ECONOMIES BANKING SYSTEM BANKING SYSTEMS CREDIT GROWTH DEPOSIT DOMESTIC BANKS EMERGING MARKET EMERGING MARKET COUNTRIES ESTATE EXTERNAL FUNDING FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTORS FINANCIAL SYSTEM FOREIGN BANKS LOAN MARKET SHARE MARKET SHARES OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE PRIVATE BANKS PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC INVESTMENT REAL ESTATE SOLVENCY STATE BANK STATE BANKS WHOLESALE MARKETS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/07/12806355/role-state-banks-mena-region http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10922

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spelling	okr-10986-109222021-04-23T14:02:53Z The Role of State Banks in the MENA Region Rocha, Roberto ACCOUNTING ADVANCED ECONOMIES BANKING SYSTEM BANKING SYSTEMS CREDIT GROWTH DEPOSIT DOMESTIC BANKS EMERGING MARKET EMERGING MARKET COUNTRIES ESTATE EXTERNAL FUNDING FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTORS FINANCIAL SYSTEM FOREIGN BANKS LOAN MARKET SHARE MARKET SHARES OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE PRIVATE BANKS PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC INVESTMENT REAL ESTATE SOLVENCY STATE BANK STATE BANKS WHOLESALE MARKETS In Middle East and North Africa (MENA), state banks played a less important role in the recovery as compared to several countries in Latin America and South Asia, as well as China, where state banks played a counter-cyclical role. When private banks started circumscribing credit, state banks stepped in. The impact of this counter-cyclical role has been widely acknowledged. For example, a recent issue in the economist contained a lengthy article on emerging country banking, acknowledging how state banks had played an important counter-cyclical role in many emerging countries. Given this recent experience, some MENA countries may decide to retain an important role for state banks, including reformist countries such as Egypt and Tunisia that had been privatizing state banks and allowing the entry of foreign banks over the last decade. 2012-08-13T13:33:43Z 2012-08-13T13:33:43Z 2010-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/07/12806355/role-state-banks-mena-region http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10922 English MENA Knowledge and Learning Quick Notes Series; No. 27 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa
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topic	ACCOUNTING ADVANCED ECONOMIES BANKING SYSTEM BANKING SYSTEMS CREDIT GROWTH DEPOSIT DOMESTIC BANKS EMERGING MARKET EMERGING MARKET COUNTRIES ESTATE EXTERNAL FUNDING FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTORS FINANCIAL SYSTEM FOREIGN BANKS LOAN MARKET SHARE MARKET SHARES OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE PRIVATE BANKS PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC INVESTMENT REAL ESTATE SOLVENCY STATE BANK STATE BANKS WHOLESALE MARKETS
spellingShingle	ACCOUNTING ADVANCED ECONOMIES BANKING SYSTEM BANKING SYSTEMS CREDIT GROWTH DEPOSIT DOMESTIC BANKS EMERGING MARKET EMERGING MARKET COUNTRIES ESTATE EXTERNAL FUNDING FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTORS FINANCIAL SYSTEM FOREIGN BANKS LOAN MARKET SHARE MARKET SHARES OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE PRIVATE BANKS PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC INVESTMENT REAL ESTATE SOLVENCY STATE BANK STATE BANKS WHOLESALE MARKETS Rocha, Roberto The Role of State Banks in the MENA Region
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description	In Middle East and North Africa (MENA), state banks played a less important role in the recovery as compared to several countries in Latin America and South Asia, as well as China, where state banks played a counter-cyclical role. When private banks started circumscribing credit, state banks stepped in. The impact of this counter-cyclical role has been widely acknowledged. For example, a recent issue in the economist contained a lengthy article on emerging country banking, acknowledging how state banks had played an important counter-cyclical role in many emerging countries. Given this recent experience, some MENA countries may decide to retain an important role for state banks, including reformist countries such as Egypt and Tunisia that had been privatizing state banks and allowing the entry of foreign banks over the last decade.
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title	The Role of State Banks in the MENA Region
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title_full	The Role of State Banks in the MENA Region
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