Occasional Papers

Financial Fragilities in Latin America: The 1980s and 1990s

By Steven Riess Weisbrod, Liliana Rojas-Suárez

October 6, 1995

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Steven Riess Weisbrod, and Liliana Rojas-Suárez. Financial Fragilities in Latin America: The 1980s and 1990s, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1995) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

By reviewing the experiences of Latin American countries with the restructuring of their financial sectors since 1982, this paper derives lessons regarding the most effective ways to deal with banking difficulties in developing countries. It then discusses whether these lessons have been put into practice during the latest crisis. A sample of five countries - Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru - is used for this purpose.

Subject: Bank credit, Banking, Central banks, Commercial banks, Credit, Currencies, Financial institutions, International reserves, Loans, Money

Keywords: Asia and Pacific, Banco de México, Bank, Bank credit, Bank liability, Bank supervisor, Borrower liquidity, Central America, Commercial banks, Commercial paper, Credit, Currency, Europe, Global, Interest rate, International reserves, Loans, Market, OP, Open market interest rates, Savings and loan, Sound banking system

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    78

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Occasional Paper No. 1995/012

  • Stock No:

    S132EA0000000

  • ISBN:

    9781557755025

  • ISSN:

    0251-6365