Sub-Saharan Africa : : Financial Sector Challenges / / Catherine Pattillo, Anne Gulde, Kevin Carey, Smita Wagh, Jakob Christensen

• Autore: Pattillo Catherine
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (57 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Finance - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Financial institutions - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Financial services industry - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Monetary policy - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Banks and Banking; Finance: General; Money and Monetary Policy; Public Finance; Industries: Financial Services; Financial Risk Management; Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages; Financial Institutions and Services: General; Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation; General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data); Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General; Financial Crises; Banking; Finance; Monetary economics; Financial services law & regulation; Economic & financial crises & disasters; Commercial banks; Financial sector; Financial services; Stock markets; Financial institutions; Economic sectors; Credit; Money; Financial markets; Financial crises; Banks and banking; Financial services industry; Stock exchanges; Development banks; Loans; Microfinance
• Soggetto geografico: South Africa
• Altri autori: GuldeAnne CareyKevin WaghSmita ChristensenJakob
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-49).
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Key Characteristics -- Economic Challenges -- Financial Sector Reforms -- Elements of a Forward-Looking Reform Strategy -- Earlier Financial Sector Liberalization Efforts -- Development Banks and Specialized State-Owned Financial Institutions -- Structure and Characteristics -- Soundness and Performance -- Business and Economic Environment -- References.
• Sommario/riassunto: Financial sectors in low-income sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are among the world's least developed. In fact, assets in most low-income African countries are smaller than those held by a single medium-sized bank in an industrial country. The absence of deep, efficient financial markets seriously challenges policy making, hinders poverty alleviation, and constrains growth. This book argues that building efficient and sound financial sectors in SSA countries will improve Africa's economic prospects. Based on a review of the key features of financial systems, it discusses the main obstacles and challenges that financial structures pose for SSA economies and recommends steps that could address major shortcomings in implementing the reform agenda.
• Titolo autorizzato: Sub-Saharan Africa
• ISBN: 1-4623-4714-2; 1-4527-0794-4; 1-283-53560-2; 9786613848055; 1-4519-5097-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823383403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Books