TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gulde,Anne-Marie
AU  - Pattillo,Catherine A.
AU  - Christensen,Jakob
ED  - International Monetary Fund.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Sub-Saharan Africa: financial sector challenges 
AV  - HG187.5.A357 G85 2006eb
PY  - 2006///
CY  - [Washintgon, D.C.]
PB  - International Monetary Fund
KW  - Finance
KW  - Africa, Sub-Saharan
KW  - Financial institutions
KW  - Financial services industry
KW  - Monetary policy
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-49); Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
N2  - 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
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10300268
ER  -