Access to Bank Credit in Sub-Saharan Africa: Key Issues and Reform Strategies

Sacerdoti, Emilio

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Access to Bank Credit in Sub-Saharan Africa: Key Issues and Reform Strategies

Emilio Sacerdoti

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

August 2005

IMF Working Paper No. 05/166

Abstract:
This study discusses issues of access to bank credit in Sub-Saharan Africa, and examines measures that could help facilitate access by the private sector to bank credit. It reviews in particular obstacles to credit small- and medium-scale enterprises and agriculture, and examines progress in the design and implementation of reform measures that are needed to create an institutional environment more supportive of credit activity. It also reviews bank interest rate spreads and profit margins, and their determinants, and compares such spreads with those prevailing in other regions of the world.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 39

Keywords: Banking systems, Sub-Saharan Africa

JEL Classification: E44, G21, G28, O23, O55

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Date posted: March 3, 2006

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Sacerdoti, Emilio, Access to Bank Credit in Sub-Saharan Africa: Key Issues and Reform Strategies (August 2005). IMF Working Paper, Vol. , pp. 1-39, 2005. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=888035

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