ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/EAD/2005/7
Country: ESCWA Member States
Publication Type: Reports & studies
Cluster: Shared Economic Prosperity
Focus Area: Financing for development, Macroeconomics
Initiatives: Financial & macroeconomic statistics for National accounts
SDGs: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Keywords: Banking systems, Economic development, Economic growth, Financial services, Credit, Banking
Economic Trends and Impacts: Banking Sector Lending Behaviour and Efficiency in Selected ESCWA Member Countries, Issue No. 3
January 2005
This series presents an analysis of the macroeconomic and institutional developments in ESCWA member countries, with a view to identifying the key barriers to sustainable and equitable development in the region. Issue No. 3 provides a comprehensive analysis of developments in the banking sector in the past two decades. The study is based on a stochastic frontier analysis model, and considers the risk factors generated by lack of efficiency of the banking sector. It also examines the relationship between financial sector developments and economic growth.
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This series presents an analysis of the macroeconomic and institutional developments in ESCWA member countries, with a view to identifying the key barriers to sustainable and equitable development in the region. Issue No. 3 provides a comprehensive analysis of developments in the banking sector in the past two decades. The study is based on a stochastic frontier analysis model, and considers the risk factors generated by lack of efficiency of the banking sector. It also examines the relationship between financial sector developments and economic growth.
