Financial Soundness Indicators for Financial Sector Stability in Bangladesh

FINANCIAL SOUNDNESS INDICATORS FOR FINANCIAL SECTOR STABILITY IN

BANGLADESH

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                  Financial soundness indicators for financial sector stability in Bangladesh

Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2015.

1. Financial sector. 2. Financial soundness indicators. 3. Encouraged indicators. 4. Asia and the Pacific. 5. Investment climate.

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