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Credit to the Private Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa: Developments and Issues
Despite signs of progress, SSA is still lagging compared to other regions when it comes to scaling up the volume of loans allocated to the private sector. If it is to catch up, some progress needs to...
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Bank financing to SMEs: what are Africa's specificities?
Using bank survey data, this article compares the scale and type of bank lending to SMEs in Africa to that available outside the region. The data shows that bank financing to SMEs in Africa is less si...
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Rethingking finance for Africa's small firms
African banks had just started to show interest in SMEs when the global crisis reversed the tide. The risk for SMEs is that they will suddenly be barred access to credit whereas they need long-term f...
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