Occasional Papers

Financial Sector Development in Sub-Saharan African Countries

By Jean-Pierre Briffaut, George Iden, Peter C. Hayward, Tonny Lybek, Hassanali Mehran, Piero Ugolini, Stephen M Swaray

October 1, 1998

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Jean-Pierre Briffaut, George Iden, Peter C. Hayward, Tonny Lybek, Hassanali Mehran, Piero Ugolini, and Stephen M Swaray. Financial Sector Development in Sub-Saharan African Countries, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1998) accessed December 26, 2024

Summary

This study takes stock of progress made so far in the financial sectors of sub-saharan African countries. It recommends further reforms and specific measures in the areas of supervision, development of monetary operations and financial markets, external sector liberalization, central bank autonomy and accountability, payments system, and central bank accounting and auditing.

Subject: Banking, Central bank autonomy, Central bank legislation, Central banks, Commercial banks, Economic sectors, Financial institutions, Financial markets, Financial sector, Fiscal accounting and reporting, Foreign exchange, Payment systems

Keywords: A number of bank, Africa, Bank expansion, Bank intermediation, Central bank, Central bank autonomy, Central bank legislation, Commercial banks, Exchange policy, Financial sector, Government, Government bank, Government ownership, Market, Monetary policy, OP, Payment, Payment systems, Resource utilization, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    115

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Occasional Paper No. 1998/018

  • Stock No:

    S169EA0000000

  • ISBN:

    9781557757586

  • ISSN:

    0251-6365