Nepal: Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund

No 2008/182, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: The rapid growth of the financial system presents a number of challenges to maintaining financial stability in Nepal. There has been a rapid growth of the banking sector over the last few years. State-owned institutions continue to dominate the banking system. Equity market capitalization has increased sharply while government debt markets remain underdeveloped. Despite a challenging macroeconomic environment, the financial performance of the banking system has improved. The rapid increase in credit growth in recent years suggests growing credit risk.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; bank; commercial bank; bank promoter; strengthening bank supervision; interbank market; development bank; banks in Nepal; lack of capability; Nepalese bank; Commercial banks; State-owned banks; Stock markets; Bank soundness; Nonperforming loans (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14
Date: 2008-06-11
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