Bangladesh : Financial Sector Distress and Lost Economic Growth

The financial system in Bangladesh has suffered from years of systemic and chronic problems, represented by weak supervision and enforcement, deficient accounting and reporting practices, and more importantly, widespread loan defaults and delinquen...

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Main Author:	Kojo, Naoko
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ADVERSE IMPACTS ADVERSE SELECTION BANK ASSETS BANK POLICY BANKING INSTITUTIONS BANKING SECTOR BANKING SECTOR ASSETS BANKING SYSTEM BANKS BLACK MARKET BLACK MARKET PREMIUM BROAD MONEY CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL INFLOWS CASH FLOW CASH FLOWS CD CENTRAL BANK CENTRAL BANK NOTE CENTRAL BANKS CIVIL LAW CIVIL LAWS CLOSED ECONOMY COLONIALISM COMMERCIAL BANK COMMERCIAL BANK ASSETS COMMERCIAL BANKING COMMERCIAL BANKS COMMON LAW COMPETITIVENESS CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CONVERGENCE HYPOTHESIS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COUNTRY REGRESSIONS CREDIT ALLOCATION CREDITOR CREDITOR RIGHTS CREDITORS CREDITS CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS CURRENCY DEBT DEBT MATURITY DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEPOSIT DEPOSIT RATE DEPOSIT RATES DERIVATIVE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT BANKS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DOMESTIC SAVINGS DUMMY VARIABLES DYNAMIC PANEL ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC LITERATURE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCES ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC THEORY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL RESULTS EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENDOWMENTS ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS EQUITY MARKETS ERROR TERM ESTIMATED COEFFICIENT ESTIMATED COEFFICIENTS EXCHANGE RATE EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXTERNAL FINANCE EXTERNAL FINANCING FAMILIES FEDERAL RESERVE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FINANCIAL CONTRACTS FINANCIAL DEPTH FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL DISTRESS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL SECTOR POLICIES FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORM FINANCIAL SECTORS FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY FINANCIAL STRUCTURE FINANCIAL SYSTEM FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FIRM GROWTH GDP GDP PER CAPITA GROWTH IMPACT GROWTH LITERATURE GROWTH MODEL GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES GROWTH REGRESSION GROWTH REGRESSIONS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME LEVEL INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES INDUSTRIALIZATION INEFFICIENCY INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATE SPREADS INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES JURISDICTIONS LAW ENFORCEMENT LEGAL ENVIRONMENT LEGAL SYSTEMS LEGAL TRADITION LEGAL TRADITIONS LOAN LOAN DEFAULTS LONG-RUN GROWTH LONG-TERM GROWTH M2 MACROECONOMIC DATA MEAN VALUE MONETARY ECONOMICS MORAL HAZARD NPL OUTPUT OUTPUT GROWTH PER CAPITA GROWTH POLICY MAKERS POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY PRIVATE BANKS PRIVATE CREDIT PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SAVING PRIVATE SAVINGS PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC BANKS PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC POLICY RATE OF RETURN RATE OF RETURN ON CAPITAL REAL GDP REGRESSION ANALYSIS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RIGHTS OF CREDITORS RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MANAGEMENT SERVICES SAVINGS SAVINGS RATES SECONDARY SCHOOLING SECTOR ACTIVITIES SHAREHOLDERS SOURCE OF FUNDS STANDARD DEVIATION STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STOCK MARKET STOCK MARKETS TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH TRADING TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS WEALTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/06/16286549/bangladesh-financial-sector-distress-lost-economic-growth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15476