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31/12/2014 |
Article | Considering the huge investment opportunities offered by these demographic, urban and economic changes, the African continent has become a key destination for private equity… |
162
31/12/2014 |
Article | This article begins with a brief overview of the growth of cross border banking in Africa. Then, after highlighting some aspects of the context in which these banks operate, the… |
163
31/12/2014 |
Article | Sub-Saharan African financial systems are neither deep nor developed. Their banking sectors, concentrated and not mature, offer mainly short-term financing. Financial markets have… |
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31/12/2014 |
Article | Africa’s infrastructure needs are huge and it is essential to meet for sustainable economic growth across the continent. Investment in infrastructure plays a fundamental role in… |
165
31/12/2014 |
Article | Africa has become increasingly integrated to the global financial and economic system in recent years. This article considers the role of credit ratings in that trend. Ratings… |
166
31/12/2014 |
Article | Deep and efficient financial sectors are important in supporting growth. Against this general finding of the literature we take stock of changes in financial development in… |
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31/12/2014 |
Article | The treaty establishing the Arab Maghreb Union was signed on February 17, 1989 by the five Maghreb heads of State in Marrakech. Yet Maghreb financial integration has not been… |
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31/12/2014 |
Article | Given the crucial role of banking and financial sectors in promoting economic activity in Africa, donors support the emergence of solid and perennial financial systems. To this… |
169
31/12/2014 |
Article | Africa’s future partially relies on its capacity to develop a more inclusive economic and financial sector. The African microfinance ecosystem is very different today than it was… |
170
31/12/2014 |
Article | This article presents a progress report on the integration of the insurance market in the states member of CIMA, its achievements and the new challenges ahead. With the setting of… |
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31/12/2014 |
Article | This paper discusses recent progress in financial deepening across Sub-Saharan Africa. Using an array of different data, we document that African banking systems are shallow but… |
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31/12/2014 |
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The Cost of Financing in Africa: Policies to Reduce Cost and Enhance Financial Inclusion Free access
This paper analyzes the cost of financing in Africa and identifies policies to reduce this cost and enhance financial inclusion in the region. After a brief overview of financial… |
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31/12/2014 |
Article | This article assesses the economic and financial footprint of China in Africa. Bilateral trade relations have been a win-win relations for oil and mining African producers which… |
174
21/03/2014 |
Article | Before the crisis emerging countries experienced substantial economic growth and their central banks made considerable progress in adopting modern and theoretically sound… |
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21/03/2014 |
Article | Since the international financial crisis, a new central banking is prepared, and therefore a redefinition of monetary policies pursued by central banks and instruments to ensure… |
176
06/12/2013 |
Article | This paper argues that despite its moral crisis, microfinance is still today socially, economically and morally valuable, provided that it is done properly, which requires that it… |
177
06/12/2013 |
Article | In recent years, a new means of payment tries to emerge: the mobile payment. Despite its advantages, the adoption of mobile payment seems to take time, especially when are… |
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14/06/2013 |
Article | Since the early 1990’s the Bank of Central African Countries (BEAC) has undertaken a series of important reforms. The purpose of this paper is to identify and understand them in… |
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14/06/2013 |
Article | On the fiftieth anniversary of the West African Monetary Union, it is timely to make an assessment of the efficiency of the common monetary policy, implemented by the West African… |
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14/06/2013 |
Article | The Central and West African Monetary Unions, the oldest monetary unions in economic history, have undergone major changes in the past fifty years. These changes have helped to… |