Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) ranks lowest globally in respect of energy access rates. The resulting high energy poverty impedes sustainable economic growth and aggravates the overall poverty which is prevalent in SSA countries. A better understanding of the relationship between financial development...

An analysis of the roles of governance and financial liberalization in the financial development of 37 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries yields several interesting results using data from 1996 to 2008. Contrary to previous studies, financial liberalization did not have a favorable independent...

The objective of this paper is to show the importance of institutional quality as a factor enhancing the contribution of financial development to macroeconomic performance in SSA. In this context, we first present the theoretical literature and the empirical debates on the subject. Next, we...