Bank Efficiency in Sub-Saharan African Middle Income Countries /

We use bank level data to study the efficiency of banks in Sub-Saharan African middle-income countries and provide possible explanations for the difference in the efficiency levels of banks. We find that banks, on average, could save 20-30 percent of their total costs if they were operating efficien...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chen, Chuling
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/014
Online Access:Full text available on IMF