Holdings: Impediments to the Development and Efficiency of Financial Intermediation in Brazil

Impediments to the Development and Efficiency of Financial Intermediation in Brazil

Reforms to improve both the level and the efficiency of financial inter-mediation in Brazil should be high on Brazilian policymakers' agendas, because of the financial sector's importance to economic growth. This means that Brazil must also improve the legal and regulatory environment in w...

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Main Author:	Beck, Thorsten
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	financial intermediation reform policy economic growth legal & regulatory framework financial institutions secured transactions creditors legal instruments law enforcement accounting standards borrowing policy accounting assets balance sheets bank lending banking sector banking system bankruptcy bankruptcy reform banks borrowing central bank compound interest consumer protection contract enforcement credit disputes credit markets credit risk debt demand deposits deposit insurance development banks economic conditions economic risks economics empirical analysis employment equilibrium exports external financing financial data financial information financial intermediaries financial intermediary development financial sector financial transactions foreign banks foreign exchange GDP GDP per capita government expenditures growth rate housing imports income statements income taxes inefficiency inflation inflation rate inflation rates institutional development interest income interest rate interest rates labor force laws legislation lending rates liquidation macroeconomic conditions maturities middle income countries multilateral trade multilateral trade negotiations net interest margin overhead costs private banking private banks productivity profitability real GDP regulatory framework reorganization reserve requirement reserve requirements return on equity securities securitization stock markets tax codes taxation term finance trade flows trade negotiations trade policies transparency value added water supply World Trade Organization
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21423

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Impediments to the Development and Efficiency of Financial Intermediation in Brazil

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