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Bank Regulation and Supervision (updated June 2008)

Web Address:Finance and Private Sector Research
Topics:Financial Sector
Report Number:WPS2588, WPS4646
Citation: 

Authors: Gerard Caprio, Ross Eric Levine, James R. Barth

This project includes the first comprehensive, cross-country survey of how banks are regulated and supervised, including requirements and regulatory powers regarding bank entry, ownership, capital, powers and activities, auditing, organization, liquidity, provisioning, accounting and disclosure, incentives for supervisors, deposit insurance, and disciplining powers including bank exit. The goal of this research is to draw conclusions for policy makers on key priorities in making their regulatory and supervisory framework more robust. (All of the database files are in Microsoft Excel format)

In Rethinking Bank Regulation: Till Angels Govern, James Barth, Gerard Caprio, and Ross Levine present an analytical framework for viewing bank regulation, describe in some detail the 2003 version of the database, use the database to investigate the impact of bank regulation on various dimensions of bank performance, look at what determines the decisions countries make on the orientation of the regulatory environment, and draw policy conclusions.
Available December 2005 from Cambridge University Press. The CD included with the book includes both the database and the indices used by the authors.

2007 Database: 
What are regulatory and supervisory practices around the world on the eve of Basel II implementation? How has bank regulation and supervision changed over the past decade? The third update of the Bank Regulation and Supervision Database helps answer these and many other questions. Data for 143 countries for 2005/6 allow comparisons across countries and with the previous two rounds.  The companion paper discusses changes in bank regulation and supervision over the past 10 years.
              2007 database  (revised June 2008, 768kb)
               
Bank Regulations are Changing: But For Better or Worse? (revised June 2008, 209kb)

2003 Database by section

Entry into banking (144 KB)Activities(29 KB)
Ownership(59 KB)

Depositor (savings) protection schemes(109 KB)

Capital(77 KB)

Provisioning requirements(86 KB)

External auditing requirements(44 KB)

Accounting/information disclosure requirements (77 KB)

Internal management/ organizational requirements(26 KB)

Discipline/problem institutions/exit(184 KB)

Liquidity and diversification requirements(90 KB)

Supervision(138 KB)

2003 Database by country

Albania
Algeria
Anguilla
Antigua
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia
Botswana
Brazil
British Virgin Is.
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Central Africa Rep.
Chad
Chile
Colombia
C.of Dominica
Congo
Costa Rica
Cote d'ivoire
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Rep.
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Eq. Guinea
Estonia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guernsey
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Ireland
Isle of Man
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jersey
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malaysia
Mali
Malta
Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova
Montserrat
Morocco
Namibia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
St. Kitts
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa 
(Western) 
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan, China
Tajikistan
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad & Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks & Caicos Is.
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Zimbabwe

Original Database by section

Entry into banking(56 KB)Activities(27 KB)
Ownership(42 KB)

Depositor (savings) protection schemes (49 KB)

Capital(74 KB)

Provisioning requirements(62 KB)

External auditing requirements
(36 KB)

Accounting/information disclosure requirements(47 KB)

Internal management/ organizational requirements(36 KB)

Discipline/problem institutions/exit
(55 KB)

Liquidity and diversification requirements (59 KB)

Supervision(110 KB)

Original Database by country (40kb each)

Albania
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Azerbajan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
The British Virgin Is.
Bulgaria
Burundi
Cambodia
Canada
Cayman Is.
Chile
China
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Rep.
Denmark
Egypt
Estonia
Finland
France
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Guatemala
Guernsey
Guyana
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Korea
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Macedonia
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Malta
Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova
Morocco
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Oman
Panama
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
El Salvador
Saudi Arabia
Seychelles
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Is.
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
St. Kitts
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan, China
Tajikistan
Thailand
Tonga
Trinidad & Tobago
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks & Caicos Is.
United Kingdom
United States
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yugoslavia

Other outputs:

Access to Dataset
  • Complete Original database: 1998-2000 (XLS 483kb)


  • World Bank Survey III (June 2008, 768kb)


  • 2003 Banking Survey


  • Guide to 2003 database (DOC 50kb)


  • Complete 2003 Database (XLS 833kb)





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