The Basel Capital Accords in Developing Countries

1. Introduction: Why Basel Matters
Ricardo Gottschalk

2. Prudential Norms for the Financial Sector: Is Development a Missing Dimension? The Cases of Brazil and India
Ricardo Gottschalk, Sunanda Sen

3. Basel Rules in Brazil: What are the Implications for Development Finance?
Ricardo Gottschalk, Cecilia Azevedo Sodré

4. Basel Norms on Capital Adequacy, the Banking Sector and Impact on Credit for SMEs and the Poor in India
Sunanda Sen, Soumya Ghosh

5. Basel II Implementation in Low-Income Countries: Challenges and Effects on SME Development
Ricardo Gottschalk, Stephany Griffith-Jones

6. Capital Adequacy Requirements in Emerging Markets
Ray Barrell, Sylvia Gottschalk

7. Basel II: Regulatory Gaps, Pro-Cyclicality and Bank Credit Levels to Developing Countries
Stephany Griffith-Jones

8. Basel II and Development Finance: Establishing Regional Guarantee Funds to Ease Access to Credit for SMEs
Pietro Calice

9. The Basel Capital Frameworks: Bringing Development Finance to the Agenda
Ricardo Gottschalk

Keywords: Economics, Development Economics, International Economics