IMF Staff Country Reports

Mexico: Financial Sector Assessment Program Update: Technical Note: Strategic Issues in Development Bank Reform

Publication Date:

May 15, 2007

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This technical note on strategic issues in Development Bank (DB) reform for Mexico examines advances in the area of DB and funds in 2000–05. There have been significant but uneven changes in the institutional setting, instruments, transparency of subsidies, and performance behavior of DBs during 2000-05. Risk-adjusted capital ratios have diminished since 2000, in part owing to more stringent regulatory requirements, but are comparable with those of commercial banks, as the same regulatory and supervisory standards are applied.

Series:

Country Report No. 2007/171

Subject:

Banking Commercial banks Credit Financial institutions Financial Sector Assessment Program Financial sector policy and analysis Financial services Money Multilateral development institutions Nonbank financial institutions