Greenfield MFIs in Sub-Saharan Africa : a business model for advancing access to finance (English)

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the lowest level of access to finance of any region in the world, with an average banked population of only 24 percent (Findex 2012). The region's banking systems are small in both absolute and relative size (as measured by liquid liabilities and credit as percentage of gross domestic product) (Beck, Maimbo, Faye, and Triki 2011). The microfinance sector has been relatively slow to expand in SSA compared to other regions...

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Flaming,Mark Wayne;

Earne,Julie Fawn;

Jansson,Tor F.;

Koning,Antonique M.;

Gourdon,Julien;
Document Date
2014/02/01
Document Type
Working Paper (Numbered Series)
Report Number
67997
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2014/08/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Greenfield MFIs in Sub-Saharan Africa : a business model for advancing access to finance
Keywords
holding company

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Flaming,Mark Wayne; Earne,Julie Fawn; Jansson,Tor F.; Koning,Antonique M.; Gourdon,Julien.

Greenfield MFIs in Sub-Saharan Africa : a business model for advancing access to finance (English). CGAP Access to Finance Forum ; no. 8 Washington, DC ; World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/244571468191940035

Greenfield MFIs in Sub-Saharan Africa : a business model for advancing access to finance (English)

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