01899cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF004811 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451972467 1934-7456 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Dziobek, Claudia. Non-G-10 Countries and the Basle Capital Rules : How Tough a Challenge is it to Join the Basle Club? / Claudia Dziobek, Maria Nieto, Olivier Frecaut. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1995. 1 online resource (22 pages) IMF Policy Discussion Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The 1988 Basle Capital Accord has introduced the norm of a risk-based capital ratio of 8 percent. It was negotiated among the G-10 countries to strengthen their international banks' capital base while simultaneously levelling the playing field for competition. Since 1988, a large number of non-G-10 countries, although not members of the 'Basle Club,' have introduced similar risk-based capital ratios, hoping to achieve similar effects in terms of enhanced safety and competition in their banking markets. This paper explains why the endeavor failed in most cases and discusses what the required conditions would be for effective implementation of the Basle rules beyond the G-10 countries. Mode of access: Internet Frecaut, Olivier. Nieto, Maria. IMF Policy Discussion Papers; Policy Discussion Paper ; No. 1995/005 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/003/1995/005/003.1995.issue-005-en.xml IMF e-Library