SME Finance in Africa

This paper uses cross-country firm-level surveys to gauge access to financial services and the importance of financing constraints for African enterprises. The paper compares access to finance in Africa and other developing regions of the world, within Africa across countries, and across different g...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beck, Thorsten
Other Authors: Cull, Robert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C The World Bank 2014
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Collection: World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This paper uses cross-country firm-level surveys to gauge access to financial services and the importance of financing constraints for African enterprises. The paper compares access to finance in Africa and other developing regions of the world, within Africa across countries, and across different groups of firms. It relates firms' access to finance to firm and banking system characteristics and discusses policy challenges
Physical Description:37 p