Preventing Bank Crises : Lessons from Recent Global Bank Failures Book

	Abbreviations and Acronyms
	Foreword
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
Pt. I	Avoiding Banking Crises
1	Preventing Banking Crises	3
2	Regulatory Efforts to Prevent Banking Crises	13
3	The Role of the International Monetary Fund	27
Pt. II	Bank Failures in Latin American Countries
4	The Argentine Banking Crisis: Observations and Lessons	35
5	Lessons Learned from the Chilean Experience	43
6	Lessons from Recent Global Bank Failures: The Case of Brazil	53
Pt. III	Bank Failures in Transition Economies
7	Restructuring Distressed Banks in Transition Economies: Lessons from Central Europe and Ukraine	69
8	Preventing Banking Crises by Supporting the Truth	127
Pt. IV	Bank Failures in Industrial Countries
9	Lessons from Bank Failures in the United States	133
10	The Banking Crisis in Japan	173
11	Bank Failures in Scandinavia	195
12	Banking Disasters: Causes and Preventative Measures, Lessons Derived from the U.S. Experience	209
13	The Case for International Banking Standards	237
Pt. V	Commonalities, Mistakes, and Lessons
14	Global Banking Crises: Commonalities, Mistakes, and Lessons	249
15	Deposit Insurance	255
16	Understanding and Preventing Bank Crises	269
17	Banking Crises in Perspective: Two Causes and One Cure	279
18	Bank Crises: Commonalities, Mistakes, and Lessons Viewed from a South Asian Standpoint	287
Pt. VI	Preventing Future Banking Crises: What Can and Should Be Done?
19	Suggestions for Improvements	295
20	Building a Better and Safer Banking System in Latin America and the Caribbean	303
21	Bank Restructuring Revisited	325
22	What Can and Should Be Done to Prevent Future Financial Crises?	333
Pt. VII	Conference Overview
23	Summary	341
24	Concluding Thoughts	345
	Contributors	349
	Conference Agenda	361
	Conference Participants	365
	Index	371