Bank Privatization in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Uganda Commercial Bank

Because large state-owned banks are often the only financial service providers in remote areas of low-income countries, policymakers worry that even if privatization improves performance, it might reduce access. We study this issue through a case study: the privatization of Uganda Commercial Bank (U...

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Main Authors:	Clarke, George R. G., Cull, Robert, Fuchs, Michael
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Banks Other Depository Institutions Micro Finance Institutions Mortgages G210 Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation G280 Comparison of Public and Private Enterprises Privatization Contracting Out L330 Economic Development: Financial Markets Saving and Capital Investment Corporate Finance and Governance O160
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5535

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spelling	okr-10986-55352021-04-23T14:02:22Z Bank Privatization in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Uganda Commercial Bank Clarke, George R. G. Cull, Robert Fuchs, Michael Banks Other Depository Institutions Micro Finance Institutions Mortgages G210 Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation G280 Comparison of Public and Private Enterprises Privatization Contracting Out L330 Economic Development: Financial Markets Saving and Capital Investment Corporate Finance and Governance O160 Because large state-owned banks are often the only financial service providers in remote areas of low-income countries, policymakers worry that even if privatization improves performance, it might reduce access. We study this issue through a case study: the privatization of Uganda Commercial Bank (UCB) to the South African bank Stanbic. Though market segmentation remains a concern since Stanbic faces little or no direct competition in many remote areas, some innovative aspects of the sales agreement have enabled the bank to improve its profitability while maintaining, or even improving, access to financial services for some hard-to-serve groups. 2012-03-30T07:33:18Z 2012-03-30T07:33:18Z 2009 Journal Article World Development 0305750X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5535 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Uganda
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spellingShingle	Banks Other Depository Institutions Micro Finance Institutions Mortgages G210 Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation G280 Comparison of Public and Private Enterprises Privatization Contracting Out L330 Economic Development: Financial Markets Saving and Capital Investment Corporate Finance and Governance O160 Clarke, George R. G. Cull, Robert Fuchs, Michael Bank Privatization in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Uganda Commercial Bank
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description	Because large state-owned banks are often the only financial service providers in remote areas of low-income countries, policymakers worry that even if privatization improves performance, it might reduce access. We study this issue through a case study: the privatization of Uganda Commercial Bank (UCB) to the South African bank Stanbic. Though market segmentation remains a concern since Stanbic faces little or no direct competition in many remote areas, some innovative aspects of the sales agreement have enabled the bank to improve its profitability while maintaining, or even improving, access to financial services for some hard-to-serve groups.
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author	Clarke, George R. G. Cull, Robert Fuchs, Michael
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title	Bank Privatization in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Uganda Commercial Bank
title_short	Bank Privatization in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Uganda Commercial Bank
title_full	Bank Privatization in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Uganda Commercial Bank
title_fullStr	Bank Privatization in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Uganda Commercial Bank
title_full_unstemmed	Bank Privatization in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Uganda Commercial Bank
title_sort	bank privatization in sub-saharan africa: the case of uganda commercial bank
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Bank Privatization in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Uganda Commercial Bank

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