Making Finance Work for Africa

Making Finance Work for Africa presents a coherent policy approach that addresses African priorities and can work in African conditions. It challenges the applicability of some conventional views on a range of issues from securities markets and ban...

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Main Authors: Honohan, Patrick, Beck, Thorsten
Format: Publication
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC : World Bank 2012
Subjects:
EMU
GDP
IPO
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7434382/making-finance-work-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6626
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spelling okr-10986-66262021-04-23T14:02:26Z Making Finance Work for Africa Honohan, Patrick Beck, Thorsten ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS ADVERSE SELECTION AGRICULTURE BANK DEPOSITS BANK REGULATION BANKING SYSTEM BANKING SYSTEMS BANKRUPTCY BANKS BARRIERS TO ENTRY BONDS BORROWING BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPITALIZATION COMMON LAW COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT COOPERATIVES CORPORATE EQUITY CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CREDIT UNION CRISES DEBT DEPOSITS DEVELOPMENT BANKS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIRECT INVESTMENT EAST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POWER ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC STRUCTURE EMPLOYMENT EMU ENTREPRENEURSHIP EQUITY MARKETS EXPORTS EXTREME POVERTY FIGHTING CORRUPTION FINANCIAL FINANCIAL CONTRACTS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL ENGINEERING FINANCIAL INFORMATION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL REPORTING FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL STABILITY FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FIXED COSTS FOREIGN BANKS FUTURES GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE PROBLEMS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH RATES HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCREASING RETURNS INEQUALITY INFLATION INFORMATION INSURANCE INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANKING INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INVESTMENT CLIMATE IPO LAWS LEGAL ORIGIN LEGAL SYSTEMS LEGISLATION LIFE INSURANCE LIQUIDITY LIVING STANDARDS LOW INTEREST RATE MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET DISCIPLINE MARKET ECONOMIES MARKET ECONOMY MICROFINANCE MONEY LAUNDERING MONOPOLIES MORAL HAZARD NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL INCOME NEW ENTRANTS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES OVERHEAD COSTS PAYMENTS PENSION FUNDS PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RELATIONSHIP LENDING RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE MOBILIZATION RISK INSURANCE RISK MANAGEMENT SAVINGS SAVINGS RATES SECURITIES SOCIAL CHANGE STOCK EXCHANGES STOCK MARKETS SUBSIDIARIES SUBSIDIARY SYSTEMIC RISK TERM FINANCE TRANSPARENCY WARRANTS Making Finance Work for Africa presents a coherent policy approach that addresses African priorities and can work in African conditions. It challenges the applicability of some conventional views on a range of issues from securities markets and banking regulation to the organization of microfinance institutions. The authors identify promising trends from across sub-Saharan Africa and pinpoint shortcomings. The book will be useful to policy makers, bankers, financial analysts, and economists working in Africa. 2012-05-29T22:03:13Z 2012-05-29T22:03:13Z 2007 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7434382/making-finance-work-africa 978-0-8213-6909-8 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6626 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC : World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Africa
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topic ACCOUNTING
ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS
ADVERSE SELECTION
AGRICULTURE
BANK DEPOSITS
BANK REGULATION
BANKING SYSTEM
BANKING SYSTEMS
BANKRUPTCY
BANKS
BARRIERS TO ENTRY
BONDS
BORROWING
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
CAPITALIZATION
COMMON LAW
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
COOPERATIVES
CORPORATE EQUITY
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CREDIT UNION
CRISES
DEBT
DEPOSITS
DEVELOPMENT BANKS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DIRECT INVESTMENT
EAST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC POWER
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
EMPLOYMENT
EMU
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
EQUITY MARKETS
EXPORTS
EXTREME POVERTY
FIGHTING CORRUPTION
FINANCIAL
FINANCIAL CONTRACTS
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL ENGINEERING
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
FINANCIAL REPORTING
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FINANCIAL STABILITY
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FIXED COSTS
FOREIGN BANKS
FUTURES
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GOVERNANCE PROBLEMS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH RATES
HOUSING
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME GROUPS
INCREASING RETURNS
INEQUALITY
INFLATION
INFORMATION
INSURANCE
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL BANKING
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
IPO
LAWS
LEGAL ORIGIN
LEGAL SYSTEMS
LEGISLATION
LIFE INSURANCE
LIQUIDITY
LIVING STANDARDS
LOW INTEREST RATE
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MARKET DISCIPLINE
MARKET ECONOMIES
MARKET ECONOMY
MICROFINANCE
MONEY LAUNDERING
MONOPOLIES
MORAL HAZARD
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
NATIONAL INCOME
NEW ENTRANTS
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES
OVERHEAD COSTS
PAYMENTS
PENSION FUNDS
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
RELATIONSHIP LENDING
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
RISK INSURANCE
RISK MANAGEMENT
SAVINGS
SAVINGS RATES
SECURITIES
SOCIAL CHANGE
STOCK EXCHANGES
STOCK MARKETS
SUBSIDIARIES
SUBSIDIARY
SYSTEMIC RISK
TERM FINANCE
TRANSPARENCY
WARRANTS
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING
ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS
ADVERSE SELECTION
AGRICULTURE
BANK DEPOSITS
BANK REGULATION
BANKING SYSTEM
BANKING SYSTEMS
BANKRUPTCY
BANKS
BARRIERS TO ENTRY
BONDS
BORROWING
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
CAPITALIZATION
COMMON LAW
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
COOPERATIVES
CORPORATE EQUITY
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CREDIT UNION
CRISES
DEBT
DEPOSITS
DEVELOPMENT BANKS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DIRECT INVESTMENT
EAST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC POWER
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
EMPLOYMENT
EMU
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
EQUITY MARKETS
EXPORTS
EXTREME POVERTY
FIGHTING CORRUPTION
FINANCIAL
FINANCIAL CONTRACTS
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL ENGINEERING
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
FINANCIAL REPORTING
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FINANCIAL STABILITY
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FIXED COSTS
FOREIGN BANKS
FUTURES
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GOVERNANCE PROBLEMS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH RATES
HOUSING
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME GROUPS
INCREASING RETURNS
INEQUALITY
INFLATION
INFORMATION
INSURANCE
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL BANKING
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
IPO
LAWS
LEGAL ORIGIN
LEGAL SYSTEMS
LEGISLATION
LIFE INSURANCE
LIQUIDITY
LIVING STANDARDS
LOW INTEREST RATE
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MARKET DISCIPLINE
MARKET ECONOMIES
MARKET ECONOMY
MICROFINANCE
MONEY LAUNDERING
MONOPOLIES
MORAL HAZARD
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
NATIONAL INCOME
NEW ENTRANTS
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES
OVERHEAD COSTS
PAYMENTS
PENSION FUNDS
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
RELATIONSHIP LENDING
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
RISK INSURANCE
RISK MANAGEMENT
SAVINGS
SAVINGS RATES
SECURITIES
SOCIAL CHANGE
STOCK EXCHANGES
STOCK MARKETS
SUBSIDIARIES
SUBSIDIARY
SYSTEMIC RISK
TERM FINANCE
TRANSPARENCY
WARRANTS
Honohan, Patrick
Beck, Thorsten
Making Finance Work for Africa
geographic_facet Africa
description Making Finance Work for Africa presents a coherent policy approach that addresses African priorities and can work in African conditions. It challenges the applicability of some conventional views on a range of issues from securities markets and banking regulation to the organization of microfinance institutions. The authors identify promising trends from across sub-Saharan Africa and pinpoint shortcomings. The book will be useful to policy makers, bankers, financial analysts, and economists working in Africa.
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author Honohan, Patrick
Beck, Thorsten
author_facet Honohan, Patrick
Beck, Thorsten
author_sort Honohan, Patrick
title Making Finance Work for Africa
title_short Making Finance Work for Africa
title_full Making Finance Work for Africa
title_fullStr Making Finance Work for Africa
title_full_unstemmed Making Finance Work for Africa
title_sort making finance work for africa
publisher Washington, DC : World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7434382/making-finance-work-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6626
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