Resolving the African Financial Development Gap : Cross-Country Comparisons and a Within-Country Study of Kenya

With extensive country and firm-level data sets, this paper first documents that the financial sectors of most Sub-Saharan African countries remain significantly underdeveloped by the standards of other developing countries. The paper also finds th...

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Main Authors:	Allen, Franklin, Carletti, Elena, Cull, Robert, Qian, Jun, Senbet, Lemma, Valenzuela, Patricio
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO BANK ACCESS TO BANK ACCOUNTS ACCESS TO BANKING ACCESS TO BANKING SERVICES ACCESS TO EXTERNAL FINANCE ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES ACCESS TO LOANS BANK ACCOUNT BANK ACCOUNTS BANK ACTIVITY BANK BRANCH BANK BRANCH NETWORK BANK BRANCH NETWORKS BANK BRANCHES BANK COMPETITION BANK CREDIT BANK LENDING BANK LOAN BANK LOANS BANK POLICY BANK REGULATION BANK SPREADS BANKING MARKET BANKING SECTOR BANKING SECTOR DEVELOPMENT BANKING SECTORS BANKING SERVICE BANKING SERVICES BANKING SYSTEM BANKING SYSTEMS BUSINESS CYCLE BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS CAPITAL FLOW CAPITAL MARKET CAPITAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT CAPITALIZATION CHECKS COMMERCIAL BANK COMMERCIAL BANK BRANCHES COMMERCIAL BANKS COUNTRY COMPARISONS CREDIT CARD CREDIT CARD DEBTS CREDIT CARDS CREDIT CEILINGS CREDIT CRUNCH CREDIT PROVISION CURRENT ACCOUNT CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE CURRENT ACCOUNT SURPLUS DEBT DEBT INSTRUMENTS DEBTS DEMOGRAPHIC DEPOSIT DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS DEPOSIT INSURANCE DEPOSITORS DEPOSITS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPMENT FINANCE DOMESTIC BANKING DOMESTIC BANKING MARKETS DUMMY VARIABLE DUMMY VARIABLES EARNINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC SUCCESSES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMERGING MARKETS ENROLLMENT EQUITY MARKETS EXCESS LIQUIDITY EXPORTER EXTERNAL FINANCING FINANCIAL ACCESS FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL FRAGILITY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INTEGRATION FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION FINANCIAL REFORMS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS FINANCIAL SECTORS FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FINANCIAL SYSTEM FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FINANCING SOURCES FIRM GROWTH FLOWS OF CAPITAL FOREIGN BANK FOREIGN BANKS FOREIGN CAPITAL FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN ENTRY FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FORMAL FINANCE GLOBAL INVESTMENT GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBALIZATION GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNMENT BANKS GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF BANKS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROWTH RATES HOLDING HOME COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD ACCESS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INEQUALITY INFLATION INFORMAL SAVINGS INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL BANK INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT FLOW LEGAL CONSTRAINTS LEVELS OF ACCESS LOAN LOAN MARKET LOCAL BANKS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES MAJORITY OF SHARES MARKET CAPITALIZATION MARKET CONCENTRATION MARKET DEVELOPMENT MARKET FAILURES MARKET SHARES MARKET TRANSACTIONS MARKET VALUE METROPOLITAN AREAS MFIS MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES MOBILE BANKING MOBILE PHONE MONEY TRANSFER NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NEGATIVE SHOCK NEW BUSINESS NONBANK FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OFFSHORE CENTER OFFSHORE CENTERS OFFSHORE FINANCIAL CENTER OFFSHORE FINANCIAL CENTERS OPPORTUNITY COST OUTREACH OWNERSHIP STRUCTURES PAYMENTS SERVICES POSITIVE COEFFICIENT POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT PRIVATE BANKS PRIVATE CREDIT PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATIZATIONS PROVISION OF CREDIT PRUDENTIAL REGULATION RAPID GROWTH REPAYMENT RESERVES RETAINED EARNINGS RISK MANAGEMENT SAVINGS SAVINGS MECHANISMS SHAREHOLDER SOURCES OF FINANCE STOCK EXCHANGE STOCK EXCHANGES STOCK MARKET STOCK MARKET CAPITALIZATION STOCK MARKET DEVELOPMENT STOCK MARKETS SUPERVISION OF BANKS TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES TELEPHONE BANKING TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE TURNOVER URBAN AREAS VEHICLES FOR SAVINGS WORKING CAPITAL
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16043

Resolving the African Financial Development Gap : Cross-Country Comparisons and a Within-Country Study of Kenya

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