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Spillovers From the Rest of the World Into Sub-Saharan African Countries
International Monetary Fund - 2009
This paper investigates the impact of a global slowdown on individual African countries using a series of dynamic panel regressions for countries in the region, relating real growth in domestic output to world growth in trade weighted by partner countries and several control variables: oil...
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Regional Economic Outlook, April 2014, Sub-Saharan Africa : Fostering Durable and Inclusive Growth
International Monetary Fund - 2014
The five Regional Economic Outlooks published biannually by the IMF cover Asia and Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Western Hemisphere. In each volume, recent economic developments and prospects for the region are discussed as a whole, as well as for...
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Regional Economic Outlook, October 2015 : Sub-Saharan Africa
International Monetary Fund - 2015
Growth in sub-Saharan Africa has weakened after more than a decade of solid growth, although this overall outlook masks considerable variation across the region. Some countries have been negatively affected by falling prices of their main commodity exports. Oil-exporting countries, including...
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Russian Federation Financial Sector Assessment Program : Financial Inclusion
World Bank - 2016
has a large number of regulated financial institutions and enjoys 36.98 branches per 100,000 adults, higher than for the … levels of trust in the formal financial sector among the Russian population, in particular for microfinance institutions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644834
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People's Republic of China Financial Sector Assessment Program : Financial Inclusion
World Bank Group - 2017
China has made significant progress in financial inclusion. High levels of account penetration, savings, and usage of payments services have been achieved, largely due to extensive branches and access points (particularly a vast network of rural cash withdrawal points), innovations by non-bank...
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Inflation in African Countries : General Issues and Effecton the Financial Sector
International Monetary Fund - 1989
Since the mid-1970s the annual inflation rate in Africa has averaged more than 15 percent, with many countries experiencing rates of 20 percent or more. Inflation rates of this magnitude have significant adverse effects on the financial sectors of African countries, particularly in the context...
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Russian Federation Financial Sector Assessment Program : Role of State in Financial Services
World Bank - 2016
State-owned financial institutions fall into three main groups: commercial banks, hybrid banks, and development … institutions. The larger state-owned commercial banks/ groups include Sberbank, the VTB Bank group, and Gazprombank. Like private … commercial banks, these institutions do not have a policy mandate and are profit maximizing, and target similar market segments …
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Finance and Development, September 2021
International Monetary Fund - 2021
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Can Regional Cross-Listings Accelerate Stock Market Development? Empirical Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This study analyzes the impact of regional cross-listing of stocks on the depth of the stock markets in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It analyzes data from 1990 to 2007 for a panel of 13 stock markets in SSA countries, only some of which have regional cross-listings. Using event study methodology,...
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Progress of initiatives to benefit Sub-Saharan Africa
1990 - 1. print
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