In spite of shallow financial markets, Sub-Saharan Africa will not escape the repercussions of the global financial … crisis. The global turmoil threatens the progress Sub-Saharan Africa has made in financial sector deepening and broadening …-friendly manner. Foreign banks have brought more benefits than risks for their host economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, but are certainly …

This paper takes stock of the current state of banking systems across Sub-Saharan Africa and discusses recent … developments including innovations that might help Africa leapfrog more traditional banking models. Using an array of different …

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 …