Financial deepening in the CFA Franc zone [[electronic resource] ] : the role of institutions / / prepared by Raju Jan Singh, Kangni Kpodar, and Dhaneshwar Ghura

• Autore: Singh Raju Jan
• Pubblicazione: [Washington D.C.], : International Monetary Fund, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (19 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Finance - Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Soggetto geografico: Africa, French-speaking Economic policy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: KpodarKangni GhuraDhaneshwar
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; I. Introduction; II. Recent Developments; III. Theoretical Background and Review of the Literature; IV. Empirical Analysis; A. Data; B. Methodology and Main Results; V. Summary and Conclusions; References
• Sommario/riassunto: During the 1980's and early 1990's many Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries undertook reforms to promote financial sector deepening. Nevertheless, financial sectors in SSA countries remain among the shallowest in the world and, within Sub-Saharan Africa, financial depth in the CFA franc zone is even more limited. This paper sets out to investigate empirically factors that may explain why financial depth in the CFA franc zone is shallower than in the rest of SSA using panel data for a sample of 40 countries for 1992-2006. The results indicate that the gap in financial development between the CFA
• Titolo autorizzato: Financial deepening in the CFA Franc zone
• ISBN: 1-4623-5476-9; 1-4527-0365-5; 1-4518-7260-7; 9786612843280; 1-282-84328-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464016203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: IMF working paper ; ; WP/09/113.