Financial deepening in the CFA franc zone : the role of institutions

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100 1 ‡aSingh, Raju Jan.
245 1 0 ‡aFinancial deepening in the CFA franc zone : ‡bthe role of institutions / ‡cRaju Jan Singh, Kangni Kpodar and Dhaneshwar Ghura.
260 ‡a[Washington, D.C.] : ‡bInternational Monetary Fund, ‡c2009.
300 ‡a17 p. : ‡bill. ; ‡c29 cm.
490 0 ‡aIMF working paper ; ‡vWP/09/113
500 ‡aCover title.
500 ‡a"This paper was presented at the conference on Financial Sector Development in the CEMAC, Yaoundeʹ, June 3-4, 2008. We wish to thank Anne Grant and Thierry Tressel, as well as seminar participants at the African Department, for useful comments." -- p.1
504 ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 14-15).
520 3 ‡aDuring the 1980s and early 1990s many Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries undertook reforms to promote financial sector deepening. Nevertheless, financial sectors in SSA countries remain among the shallowest in the world and, within Sub-Saharan Africa, financial dept in the CFA franc zone is even more limited. This paper sets out to investigate empirically factors that may explain why financial depth in the CFA franc zone is shallower than in the rest of SSA using panel data for a sample of 40 countries for 1992-2006. The results indicate that the gap in financial development between the CFA franc zone countries and the rest of SSA can be explained by differences in institutional quality (e.g., availability of credit information, and strength and enforcement of property rights), variables that policy makers can influence.
538 ‡aMode of access: Internet.
650 7 ‡81.4/x ‡aFranc-Zone ‡2stw
650 7 ‡81.3/x ‡aAfrika südlich der Sahara ‡2stw
650 7 ‡81.2/x ‡aKapitalmarktliberalisierung ‡2stw
650 7 ‡81.1/x ‡aFinanzsektor ‡2stw
650 0 ‡aFiscal policy ‡zAfrica, Sub-Saharan.
650 0 ‡aFinance ‡zAfrica, Sub-Saharan.
700 1 ‡aGhura, Dhaneshwar.
700 1 ‡aKpodar, Kangni.
710 2 ‡aInternational Monetary Fund. ‡bAfrican Dept.
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