SME Finance in Africa

SME Finance in Africa

This paper uses cross-country firm-level surveys to gauge access to financial services and the importance of financing constraints for African enterprises. The paper compares access to finance in Africa and other developing regions of the world, wi...

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Main Authors: Beck, Thorsten, Cull, Robert
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES
CROSS-COUNTRY SURVEYS
FINANCING CONSTRAINTS
FIRM AND BANKING SYSTEMS
POLICY CHALLENGES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/09/20166415/sme-finance-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20342
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spelling okr-10986-203422021-04-23T14:03:55Z SME Finance in Africa Beck, Thorsten Cull, Robert ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES CROSS-COUNTRY SURVEYS FINANCING CONSTRAINTS FIRM AND BANKING SYSTEMS POLICY CHALLENGES This paper uses cross-country firm-level surveys to gauge access to financial services and the importance of financing constraints for African enterprises. The paper compares access to finance in Africa and other developing regions of the world, within Africa across countries, and across different groups of firms. It relates firms' access to finance to firm and banking system characteristics and discusses policy challenges. 2014-10-02T20:27:37Z 2014-10-02T20:27:37Z 2014-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/09/20166415/sme-finance-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20342 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7018 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Group, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Africa
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topic ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES
CROSS-COUNTRY SURVEYS
FINANCING CONSTRAINTS
FIRM AND BANKING SYSTEMS
POLICY CHALLENGES
spellingShingle ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES
CROSS-COUNTRY SURVEYS
FINANCING CONSTRAINTS
FIRM AND BANKING SYSTEMS
POLICY CHALLENGES
Beck, Thorsten
Cull, Robert
SME Finance in Africa
geographic_facet Africa
Africa
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7018
description This paper uses cross-country firm-level surveys to gauge access to financial services and the importance of financing constraints for African enterprises. The paper compares access to finance in Africa and other developing regions of the world, within Africa across countries, and across different groups of firms. It relates firms' access to finance to firm and banking system characteristics and discusses policy challenges.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Beck, Thorsten
Cull, Robert
author_facet Beck, Thorsten
Cull, Robert
author_sort Beck, Thorsten
title SME Finance in Africa
title_short SME Finance in Africa
title_full SME Finance in Africa
title_fullStr SME Finance in Africa
title_full_unstemmed SME Finance in Africa
title_sort sme finance in africa
publisher World Bank Group, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/09/20166415/sme-finance-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20342
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