SME finance in Africa

This paper uses cross-country firm-level surveys to gauge access to financial services and the importance of financing constraints for African enterprises. The paper compares access to finance in Africa and other developing regions of the world, within Africa across countries, and across different groups of firms. It relates firms'access to finance to firm and banking system characteristics and discusses policy challenges.

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Year of publication:	2014-09-01
Authors:	Beck, Thorsten ; Cull, Robert
Institutions:	Economics Research, World Bank Group
Subject:	Access to Finance \| Banks&Banking Reform \| Debt Markets \| Bankruptcy and Resolution of Financial Distress \| Microfinance

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Policy Research Working Paper Series.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 7018
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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