{
  "title": "Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Technical Assistance Report-Risk-Based Banking Supervision",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, June 18, 2020",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2020/06/18/lao-peoples-democratic-republic-technical-assistance-report-risk-based-banking-supervision-49522",
  "canonical": "https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2020/06/18/lao-peoples-democratic-republic-technical-assistance-report-risk-based-banking-supervision-49522",
  "overlayPath": "/en/publications/cr/issues/2020/06/18/lao-peoples-democratic-republic-technical-assistance-report-risk-based-banking-supervision-49522/index.md",
  "summary": "The Banking Supervision Department (BSD) of the BoL is implementing risk-based supervision (RBS) methods. BoL staff are showing favorable results in understanding and applying RBS, recognizing that they are still in the early stages of capacity development.",
  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "Implementation of Risk-Based Supervision (RBS)",
      "content": "- The Banking Supervision Department (BSD) of the BoL is implementing risk-based supervision (RBS) methods.\n- BoL staff are showing favorable results in understanding and applying RBS.\n- BSD recognizes that staff are still in the early stages of capacity development."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Legal and regulatory developments",
      "content": "- A new commercial banking law became effective in June 2019.\n- The law incorporates expectations that financial institutions:\n  - establish appropriate risk management systems,\n  - maintain adequate capital and liquidity.\n- The law gives the BoL purview over the adequacy of risk management in banks."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Subjects and focal areas covered",
      "content": "- Asset and liability management\n- Bank legislation\n- Bank supervision\n- Banking\n- Commercial banks\n- Financial institutions\n- Financial regulation and supervision\n- Foreign banks\n- Liquidity indicators\n- Liquidity management\n- Loans"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Keywords and operational elements",
      "content": "- Bank legislation\n- Bank supervision\n- BSD manager\n- BSD staff\n- business model\n- Commercial banks\n- CR\n- Foreign banks\n- ISCR\n- Liquidity management\n- Loans\n- parent bank strength\n- RAS report\n- RBS manual\n- RBS method\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- 1laoea2020001\n  - 1laoea2020001 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - 1laoea2020001 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
    }
  ],
  "bullets": [
    "[Markdown version](/en/publications/cr/issues/2020/06/18/lao-peoples-democratic-republic-technical-assistance-report-risk-based-banking-supervision-49522/index.md)",
    "[Structured JSON version](/en/publications/cr/issues/2020/06/18/lao-peoples-democratic-republic-technical-assistance-report-risk-based-banking-supervision-49522/index.json)",
    "[Bundle manifest](/en/publications/cr/issues/2020/06/18/lao-peoples-democratic-republic-technical-assistance-report-risk-based-banking-supervision-49522/bundle-manifest.json)",
    "Published: June 18, 2020",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513548012.002",
    "The Banking Supervision Department (BSD) of the BoL is implementing risk-based supervision (RBS) methods.",
    "BoL staff are showing favorable results in understanding and applying RBS.",
    "BSD recognizes that staff are still in the early stages of capacity development.",
    "A new commercial banking law became effective in June 2019.",
    "The law incorporates expectations that financial institutions:",
    "The law gives the BoL purview over the adequacy of risk management in banks.",
    "BSD manager",
    "BSD staff",
    "business model",
    "CR",
    "ISCR",
    "parent bank strength",
    "RAS report",
    "RBS manual",
    "RBS method",
    "**1laoea2020001**"
  ],
  "related": [
    {
      "title": "1laoea2020001",
      "role": "document",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/publications/cr/2020/english/1laoea2020001.pdf",
      "summary": {
        "path": "/-/media/files/publications/cr/2020/english/1laoea2020001.pdf.md",
        "mime": "text/markdown"
      },
      "binary": {
        "path": "/-/media/files/publications/cr/2020/english/1laoea2020001.pdf",
        "mime": "application/pdf"
      }
    }
  ],
  "alternates": {
    "markdown": "/en/publications/cr/issues/2020/06/18/lao-peoples-democratic-republic-technical-assistance-report-risk-based-banking-supervision-49522/index.md",
    "json": "/en/publications/cr/issues/2020/06/18/lao-peoples-democratic-republic-technical-assistance-report-risk-based-banking-supervision-49522/index.json",
    "bundleManifest": "/en/publications/cr/issues/2020/06/18/lao-peoples-democratic-republic-technical-assistance-report-risk-based-banking-supervision-49522/bundle-manifest.json"
  },
  "generatedAtUtc": "2026-09-12T18:58:15.033Z"
}