This study investigates the access to and usage of financial services in South Africa. Financial services are categorised in three types namely; general accounts and services, investment/savings and insurance/assurance. Taking into account the interactions between usage of different types of...

This discussion paper firstly attempts to show evidence about movements of silver coins between France and Senegal 1833-1925. Secondly, it tries to deprive a France-Senegal monetary relationship from these statistics referring to issues of silver coins which France itself faced in the 19th...

During the 1930s and 1940s, New Zealand seemed to achieve a large measure of financial independence from Britain, as a result of the establishment of a central bank, the wartime rise in sterling balances, and the aversion of politicians to official overseas borrowing. During the 1950s, however,...

In the present paper it will be pointed out that in Eritrea banking entrepreneurship has not yet a significant positive impact on banking profitability. This is attributed to the barriers to entrepreneurship existing there, as well as to the conclusion that financial systems are still relatively...

When a conflict breaks out, warring states' bond prices generally experience sharp declines. As military defeat may prompt the winner to ask for reparations, bonds issued by the losing party are usually even more affected. By contrast, during the Second Anglo-Boer war (1899-1902) the prices of...

Financial exclusion is a financial phenomenon as much as it is a social phenomenon. Given the differences in socio-economic conditions across nations, it is likely that financial exclusion is driven by different factors in different countries. This paper argues that illiteracy is one of the...

China's spectacular economic progress has led some security analysts and policy makers in the North and the South to question Beijing's intentions in other parts of the world. This paper examines the extent to which China's engagement with Africa has produced mutual benefits for both and whether...

This paper deals with the corporate governance thematic area of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). Its contribution to the literature is twofold: (1) It provides additional evidence that a microeconomic perspective of studying governance leads to a better understanding of key reform...

The study is concerned with a crucial period of the banking history of Ethiopia, almost untouched so far by the specializing literature, in which the banking industry was affected by important changes. The paper describes and analyses the reconstruction process of the banking system and the...