"Based on qualitative, country-based fieldwork in Eastern and Southern Africa, Antoinette Handley examines how African … society in resolving that crisis in the long-term. Taking African businesses in Kenya, Uganda, Botswana and South Africa as …

private sector intensified. Policy support, however, averted a credit crunch. The increase in public debt across Africa due to …

In recent years, the private sector has been recognized as a key engine of Africa's economic development. Yet, the most … sector countries are concentrated in Western Africa (Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Niger, Senegal and Togo), Central Africa … (Cameroun, Republic of Congo) and Eastern Africa (Kenya, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania), with the addition of Mauritius. Countries …

, especially in Africa, the role of foreign aid in the future should be distinctly different. While aid will be required to …

credit in Africa. Design/methodology/approach The paper employs different panel econometric models to examine the … financial deepening in Africa. However, government effectiveness has a higher effect on middle- and high-income countries, while … strengthening appropriate institutional factors based on country heterogeneity may effectively stimulate debt financing in Africa …