Financial Sector Development in Africa

Book Overview

This edited volume contains eight studies of financial sector challenges in Africa that served as background studies for Financing Africa: Through the Crisis and Beyond. One of the major challenges for African financial systems is to expand financial services to a larger share of the population. The chapters in this area cover microfinance in Africa, the role of technology, reforms of payment infrastructure, and financing agriculture.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821396285
• ISBN13: 9780821396285
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"