Achieving Financial Stability and Growth in Africa

ISBN-13: 9780367875657 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 186 str.

Stephany Griffith-Jones; Ricardo Gottschalk

Opis

This book explores how the financial system should be regulated and structured to achieve the twin goals of inclusive growth and financial stability, with a focus on African low-income countries (LICs). The subject and content of this book is original in that it attempts to draw on the lessons and radical rethinking on the financial sector in de

Spis treści

Introduction 1. A financial sector to support development in low income countries Stephany Griffith-Jones with Ewa Karwowski and Florence Dafe 2. Financial regulation, stability and growth in low-income countries: a review of the evidence and agenda for research Stephen Spratt 3. Literature survey on capital account management in low-income countries Isabella Massa 4. Assessing Capacity Constraints for Effective Financial Regulation in SSA Ricardo Gottschalk 5. Financial Regulation in Kenya: Balancing Inclusive Growth with Financial Stability Francis M. Mwega 6. Financial regulation in Ghana: balancing inclusive growth with financial stability Charles Ackah and Johnson P. Asiamah 7. Financial regulation in Lics: balancing inclusive growth with financial stability – the Nigerian case Olu Ajakaiye and Sheriffdeen Tella 8. Financial Inclusion, Regulation and Inclusive Growth in Ethiopia Getnet Alemu 9. Conclusions Stephany Griffith-Jones, Ricardo Gottschalk and Stephan Spratt

O autorze

Stephany Griffith-Jones is Associate Fellow at ODI, Financial Markets Director at IPD, Columbia University and Emeritus at IDS, Sussex, where she was Professorial Fellow for a long time.

Ricardo Gottschalk is an Economic Affairs Officer at the Division of Globalization and Development Strategies (GDS) of UNCTAD, Geneva, Switzerland.