The purpose of this paper is to study the origins of banking crises in sub-Saharan Africa, drawing upon the experience … these crises. The conclusions underscore that the banking crises examined did not represent an entirely special case … several of their features were nonetheless specific to this part of the world. These banking crises were the very prototype of …

market structure in the Ghanaian banking system, which may be hampering financial intermediation. We argue that the structure … in the Ghanaian banking system. …

form of increased development spending and overall primary expenditure, followed in some cases by retrenchment in post … this regard, electoral swings in fiscal deficits reflect a preference for influencing expenditures rather than taxation. …

A key challenge in government budgeting is to define an appropriate balance between current and capital expenditures …

decreases the loanable funds directly; and second the sudden stop drives up the cost of providing banking services, thereby …

This paper presents a new database on the timing of systemic banking crises and policy responses to resolve them. The … database covers the universe of systemic banking crises for the period 1970-2007, with detailed data on crisis containment and …. The database extends and builds on the Caprio, Klingebiel, Laeven, and Noguera (2005) banking crisis database, and is the …