The Case for an International Banking Standard

by Morris Goldstein

This study presents the case for an international banking standard (IBS) to deal with the rash of banking crises in developing countries. Over the past 15 years, almost three-fourths of the IMF's member countries have experienced at least one serious bout of banking problems; there have been at least a dozen developing country episodes where the costs of these crises amounted to 10 percent or more of the country's GDP; and the total public sector...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088132244X
• ISBN13: 9780881322446
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Peterson Institute for International Economic
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"