02325nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10300268 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 061025s2006 dcua sb i000 0 eng d 2006299281 1589065654 9781589065659 CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)563868835 fb----- HG187.5.A357 G85 2006eb Gulde, Anne-Marie. Sub-Saharan Africa [electronic resource] : financial sector challenges / Anne-Marie Gulde, Catherine Pattillo, and Jakob Christensen, with Kevin Carey and Smita Wagh. [Washintgon, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, c2006. vii, 49 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-49). 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Finance Africa, Sub-Saharan. Financial institutions Africa, Sub-Saharan. Financial services industry Africa, Sub-Saharan. Monetary policy Africa, Sub-Saharan. Electronic books. local Pattillo, Catherine A. (Catherine Anne) Christensen, Jakob. International Monetary Fund. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10300268 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 170124 170124