Bøger af Mona Elbannan

The Egyptian banking sector reform, as an integrated part of the economic reform, is the main reason behind the increasing demand for good corporate Governance in the Egyptian banking system. There is no single or international corporate governance system to be followed around the world. The developing countries, which are less advanced in the area of corporate governance, have to concentrate more on developing their own practices and prudent framework for corporate governance that fit their corporate sector characteristics.This research focuses on providing an overview of the Egyptian corporate governance codes and principles, given the significance of Egypt as an emerging market in the MENA region. Furthermore, the corporate governance debate in emerging and developing countries is reviewed and finally some recommendations and policy implications for the Egyptian banks is offered.

This theoretical study presents the different phasesfor the evolution of Basel Accords since 1988, andthe continual efforts of Basel Committee on bankingsupervision to set out an effective framework toimprove the banking sector governance andperformance. In literature, compliance with Baselrequirements concerning minimum capital requirements,powerful supervision and effective market disciplinethrough information transparency and disclosure hasattracted many researchers to study its impact onbank performance and cost of capital. In spite of therisk-based capital adequacy, regulatory andsupervisory requirements set by Basel Accords, thefinancial crisis 2007, which causes instability andturmoil in the whole banking sector, was inducedmainly by weak risk management measures, such asstress testing and other risk management tools thatwere unable to forecast the losses and the adverseunexpected outcomes and determine the size of capitalneeded to overcome severe shocks.