Development of the Commercial Banking System in Afghanistan: Risks and Rewards

Author/Editor:

Joshua Charap ; Jelena Pavlovic

Publication Date:

July 1, 2009

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

Lending practices of commercial banks in Afghanistan were analyzed using CAMEL ratings. Statistically significant correlations were found: Banks with worse ratings (a) had more lending to domestic clients and (b) paid less tax. There was no statistically significant relationship between profits and total assets or between lending/assets versus profit/assets. Interviews of senior management of 8 banks accounting for about 90 percent of the commercial banking system corroborated evidence that poorly rated banks lend to domestic clients, whereas highly rated banks do not lend. Banks that lend extensively domestically engage in extra-judicial, non-traditional contract enforcement.

Series:

Working Paper No. 2009/150

Subject:

Frequency:

Annually

English

Publication Date:

July 1, 2009

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451872972/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA2009150

Pages:

28

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