Banking Efficiency and Financial Development in Sub-Saharan Africa /

This study assesses the determinants of banking system efficiency in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and asks what, besides the degree of efficiency, explains the low level of financial development in the region. It uses stochastic frontier analysis to measure efficiency and a generalized method of moments...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kablan, Sandrine
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/136
Online Access:Full text available on IMF