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Deposit Insurance: A Survey of Actual and Best Practices

By G. G. Garcia

April 1, 1999

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Summary

The paper surveys the characteristics of explicit systems of deposit insurance in 68 countries. It compares these actual practices with a set of best practices that has been adopted by IMF staff for their advice to member countries. These best practices seek to establish a system of deposit insurance that provides incentives for all parties—whether they are directly or indirectly affected by the guarantee—to keep the financial system sound. The paper discerns some convergence toward best practices in recent years, but notes several areas where improvements in the incentive structure are still necessary.

Subject: Bank deposits, Banking, Commercial banks, Deposit insurance, Financial crises, Financial institutions, Financial sector policy and analysis, Financial services, Lender of last resort, Moral hazard

Keywords: A number of country, Adverse selection, Africa, Asia and Pacific, Bank, Bank deposits, Banks fail, Commercial banks, Country, Coverage ratio, Deposit insurance, Depositor, DIS, Dis contract, DIS staff, Europe, Financial backing, Forty-five Dis, Government, Government funding, Lender of last resort, Lender of last resort, Middle East, Moral hazard, Operated Dis, Run Dis, Western Hemisphere, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    49

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1999/054

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0541999

  • ISBN:

    9781451847499

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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