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  "title": "Bank Reform and Bank Efficiency in Pakistan",
  "publication": "IMF Working Papers, September 1, 2001",
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  "summary": "Pakistan undertook major financial sector reforms starting in the late 1980s. The effects of these reforms on the profitability and cost and revenue efficiency of the banking sector are evaluated.",
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      "content": "- Pakistan undertook major financial sector reforms starting in the late 1980s.\n- The effects of these reforms on the profitability and cost and revenue efficiency of the banking sector are evaluated.\n- The revenue performance of all banks, and especially the privatized banks, improved significantly.\n- Costs also rose.\n- Relative performance across banks did not converge."
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      "content": "- Evaluation centers on profitability and cost and revenue efficiency of the banking sector following reform.\n- Special emphasis on performance differences between privatized banks and other banks."
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      "heading": "Subjects and Keywords",
      "content": "- Subjects: Banking, Commercial banks, Economic sectors, Financial institutions, Financial regulation and supervision, Financial sector reform, Foreign banks, Public sector, State-owned banks\n- Keywords: bank output, bank subscript, Banking, Commercial banks, deregulation, efficiency, Financial sector reform, Foreign banks, ln, Pakistan, privatized bank, profit function, Public sector, public sector bank, State-owned banks, unit price, WP\n\nInternational Monetary Fund. \"Bank Reform and Bank Efficiency in Pakistan\", IMF Working Papers 2001, 138 (2001).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Bank reform and Bank Efficiency in Pakistan - WP/01/138\n  - Bank reform and Bank Efficiency in Pakistan - WP/01/138 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Bank reform and Bank Efficiency in Pakistan - WP/01/138 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/30/bank-reform-and-bank-efficiency-in-pakistan-15339"
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    "Published: September 1, 2001",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451855982.001",
    "Pakistan undertook major financial sector reforms starting in the late 1980s.",
    "The effects of these reforms on the profitability and cost and revenue efficiency of the banking sector are evaluated.",
    "The revenue performance of all banks, and especially the privatized banks, improved significantly.",
    "Costs also rose.",
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    "Special emphasis on performance differences between privatized banks and other banks.",
    "Subjects: Banking, Commercial banks, Economic sectors, Financial institutions, Financial regulation and supervision, Financial sector reform, Foreign banks, Public sector, State-owned banks",
    "Keywords: bank output, bank subscript, Banking, Commercial banks, deregulation, efficiency, Financial sector reform, Foreign banks, ln, Pakistan, privatized bank, profit function, Public sector, public sector bank, State-owned banks, unit price, WP",
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