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| Title: | | The new Basle capital accord and developing countries: Issues, implications and policy proposals  |
| Authors: | | Griffith-Jones, Stephany Spratt, Stephen |
| Issue Date: | | 2002 |
| Series/Report no.: | | WIDER Discussion Papers // World Institute for Development Economics (UNU-WIDER) 2002/36 |
| Abstract: | | This paper argues that, if implemented in its current form, the new Basle Capital Accord will adversely effect developing sovereigns, corporates and banks wishing to borrow in international markets. This impact will result from the major banks’ lending patterns being altered by the adoption of internal ratings based approaches, leading to a significant reduction of bank, and/or a sharp increase in the cost of international borrowing for many developing countries. Greater use of banks’ internal risk management systems is also inherently pro-cyclical and therefore likely to amplify the economic cycle, thus increasing both the frequency and scale of crises. |
| Subjects: | | risk-management internal-ratings pro-cyclicality net impact |
| JEL: | | F34 G18 G21 |
| ISBN: | | 9291901954 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | WIDER Discussion Papers, United Nations University (UNU)
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