Findings based on US data confirm that “treating” banks with stress tests can affect their risk.

Identifying consumer risks in fintech and addressing them

COVID-19 has accelerated the pace of digital adoption and infrastructure development. To truly deliver on its transformational promise, infrastructure investment must be based on a foundation of…

Will the tide of Malaysia’s rising national income, uplift the livelihoods of all its citizens equitably?

Helping developing countries take accounting standards to the next level

Policy Research Working Paper Series Publication Roundup for the Weeks of March 15 and 22

We show that compared to stock market-oriented financial systems, bank-oriented financial systems tend to have lower export dynamism, especially in developing countries with lax bank regulation…

The need to extend deposit insurance to financial cooperatives

One year ago, the first COVID-19 cases were recorded in the Middle East and North Africa region. But perhaps the greatest damage to economies in the region is the widening gender gap.

A local-currency bond market can make an economy more resilient to sudden movements in foreign capital flows.