Financial Development in the CIS-7 Countries: Bridging the Great Divide

By Gianni De Nicolo, Sami Geadah, Dmitriy L Rozhkov

October 1, 2003

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Gianni De Nicolo, Sami Geadah, and Dmitriy L Rozhkov. Financial Development in the CIS-7 Countries: Bridging the Great Divide, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2003) accessed November 21, 2024

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Summary

This paper documents the great divide in the level of financial development between the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) 7 countries and the more advanced economies in transition, in particular those of Central and Eastern Europe and Baltic states. It discusses the roots of financial underdevelopment in the CIS-7 countries by examining the differentials in interest rate spreads between the CIS-7 countries and the transition economies that have achieved faster financial development. The roots of the divide are traced to weaknesses in the institutional infrastructure for financial intermediation, which lead to a combination of low depositor trust in the banking system and high credit risk. High credit risk stems mainly from the poor creditor-rights protection and weak auditing and accounting standards. Financial sector reform strategies that fail to give priority to the resolution of weaknesses in the basic financial infrastructure are unlikely to be successful in letting the CIS-7 countries bridge the great divide.

Subject: Banking, Commercial banks, Credit, Credit risk, Deposit rates, Financial institutions, Financial markets, Financial regulation and supervision, Financial sector development, Financial services, Money

Keywords: Bank, Bank concentration, Bank size, CEE+B, Central and Eastern Europe, CIS country, Commercial banks, Cost, Credit, Credit risk, Deposit rates, Financial development, Financial sector development, Intermediation activity, Lending, Lending rate, Nonviable bank, Ownership structure, Rate, Transition economies, Transition economy, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

20
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Series:

Working Paper No. 2003/205
Stock No:

WPIEA2052003
ISBN:

9781451874570
ISSN:

1018-5941

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