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  "title": "The GCC Banking Sector: Topography and Analysis",
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  "summary": "In this paper, we analyze the evolution of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) banking sectors in the six member countries including ownership, concentration, cross-border linkages, balance sheet exposures and risks, recent trends in credit growth, and financial soundness.",
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      "heading": "Summary",
      "content": "- Paper analyzes the evolution of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) banking sectors in the six member countries.\n- Coverage includes ownership, concentration, cross-border linkages, balance sheet exposures and risks, recent trends in credit growth, and financial soundness.\n- Identifies risks to the banking sector's financial stability in the context of the current global crisis and their mitigating factors."
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      "content": "- Authors: May Y Khamis, Abdullah Alhassan, Nada Oulidi\n- Publication date: April 1, 2010\n- Series: Working Paper No. 2010/087\n- Volume: 2010\n- Issue: 087"
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      "content": "- Ownership and concentration:\n  - Examination of ownership structures across GCC banking sectors.\n  - Assessment of market concentration in each of the six member countries.\n- Cross-border linkages:\n  - Analysis of cross-border banking relationships within the GCC and with foreign banks.\n- Balance sheet exposures and risks:\n  - Detailed review of banks’ balance sheet compositions and associated risk exposures.\n- Credit growth and trends:\n  - Review of recent trends in credit growth across GCC countries.\n- Financial soundness:\n  - Evaluation of financial soundness indicators for GCC banks."
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      "heading": "Risks to financial stability and mitigating factors",
      "content": "- Identifies risks arising from the global crisis as they pertain to GCC banking sectors.\n- Discusses mitigating factors that could reduce vulnerability of GCC banks to identified risks."
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      "content": "- Subject: Banking, Commercial banks, Credit, Foreign banks, Loans\n- Keywords: asset, Bahrain, bank, banking sector, GCC bank, WP\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- wp1087\n  - wp1087 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - wp1087 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/31/the-gcc-banking-sector-topography-and-analysis-23737"
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    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451982619.001",
    "Paper analyzes the evolution of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) banking sectors in the six member countries.",
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    "Identifies risks to the banking sector's financial stability in the context of the current global crisis and their mitigating factors.",
    "Authors: May Y Khamis, Abdullah Alhassan, Nada Oulidi",
    "Publication date: April 1, 2010",
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    "Volume: 2010",
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    "Financial soundness:",
    "Identifies risks arising from the global crisis as they pertain to GCC banking sectors.",
    "Discusses mitigating factors that could reduce vulnerability of GCC banks to identified risks.",
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