 | Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa Fragile States: Evidence from Panel Estimations Author/Editor: Rodolfo Maino, Drilona Emrullahu. Release Date:March, 2022 Fragile states in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) face challenges to respond to the effects of climate shocks and rising temperatures. Fragility is linked to structural weaknesses, government failure, and more...
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|  | Financial Repression is Knocking at the Door, Again Author/Editor: Etibar Jafarov, Rodolfo Maino, Marco Pani. Release Date:September, 2019 Financial repression (legal restrictions on interest rates, credit allocation, capital movements, and other financial operations) was widely used in the past but was largely abandoned in the more...
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|  | Drivers of Cross-Border Banking in Sub-Saharan Africa Author/Editor: Paul Henri Mathieu, Marco Pani, Shiyuan Chen, Rodolfo Maino. Release Date:July, 2019 Using data collected from pan-African banks’ (PABs), balance sheets and other sources (Orbis, Fitch), this study identifies some key patterns of cross-border investment in bank subsidiaries by key more...
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|  | FinTech in Sub-Saharan African Countries : A Game Changer? Author/Editor: Amadou N Sy, Rodolfo Maino, Alexander Massara, Hector Perez Saiz, Preya Sharma. Release Date:February, 2019 FinTech is a major force shaping the structure of the financial industry in sub-Saharan Africa. New technologies are being developed and implemented in sub-Saharan Africa with the potential to change more...
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|  | Public Investment Efficiency in Sub-Saharan African Countries Author/Editor: Karim Barhoumi, Ha Vu, Shirin Nikaein Towfighian, Rodolfo Maino. Release Date:July, 2018 There is significant room to improve public investment efficiency in sub-Saharan Africa. Investment in sub-Saharan African countries is lagging vis-à-vis peers such as emerging and developing Asia more...
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|  | Evolving Banking Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa : Key Features and Challenges Author/Editor: Mauro Mecagni, Daniela Marchettini, Rodolfo Maino. Release Date:September, 2015 Banking in SSA has undergone very significant changes over the last two decades. Financial liberalization and related reforms, upgrades in institutional and more recently the expansion of more...
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|  | Systemic Risk Assessment in Low Income Countries : Balancing Financial Stability and Development Author/Editor: Daniela Marchettini, Rodolfo Maino. Release Date:August, 2015 We propose a toolkit for the assessment of systemic risk buildup in low income countries. We show that, due to
non-linearity in the relationship between credit and financial stability, the more...
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|  | Dollarization in Sub-Saharan Africa : Experiences and Lessons Author/Editor: Mauro Mecagni, Juan S Corrales, Jemma Dridi, Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu, Patrick A Imam, Justin Matz, Carla Macario, Rodolfo Maino, Yibin Mu, Ashwin Moheeput, Futoshi Narita, Marco Pani, Manuel Rosales Torres, Sebastian Weber, Etienne B Yehoue. Release Date:May, 2015 Dollarization—the use of foreign currencies as a medium of exchange, store of value, or unit of account—is a notable feature of financial development under macroeconomically fragile conditions. more...
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|  | Sustaining more Inclusive Growth in the Republic of Congo Author/Editor: Dalia S Hakura, Adrian Alter, Matteo Ghilardi, Rodolfo Maino, Cameron McLoughlin, Maximilien Queyranne. Release Date:February, 2015 The Republic of Congo has seen dramatic improvement in its debt situation since 2010, following debt relief through the IMF and World Bank Heavily Indebted Poor Countries/Multilateral Debt Relief more...
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|  | Islamic Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Status and Prospects Author/Editor: Enrique Gelbard, Mumtaz Hussain, Rodolfo Maino, Yibin Mu, Etienne B. Yehoue. Release Date:August, 2014 Islamic finance is a fast growing activity in world markets. This paper provides a survey on Islamic Finance in SSA. Ongoing activities include Islamic banking, sukuk issuances (to finance more...
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