Open AccessSME Finance in Africa
Author(s) -
Thorsten Beck,
Robert Cull
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of african economies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.835
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1464-3723
pISSN - 0963-8024
DOI - 10.1093/jae/eju016
Subject(s) - access to finance , finance , developing country , economics , business , financial services , economic growth
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.
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