Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/123545 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/12/003
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
Purpose - Assessment of African financial development dynamic convergences in money, credit, efficiency and size. Design/Methodology - The empirical evidence is premised on 11 homogenous panels based on regions (Sub-Saharan and North Africa), income-levels (low, middle, lower-middle and upper-middle), legal-origins (English common-law and French civil-law) and religious dominations (Christianity and Islam). We examine convergence in financial intermediary dynamics of depth, efficiency, activity and size. Findings - Findings suggest that countries with small-sized financial intermediary depth, efficiency, activity and size are catching-up countries with large-sized financial intermediary depth, efficiency, activity and size respectively. We also provide the speeds of convergence and time necessary to achieve a full (100%) convergence. Practical implications - The presence of strong links among African banking sectors may present little opportunity for portfolio diversification. The convergence patterns show positive steps towards regional integration. As a policy implication, African governments should not relent in structural and institutional reforms. Originality/value - It is the first critical assessment of convergence in financial intermediary development dynamics in the African continent.
Subjects: 
Convergence
Policy Coordination
Banking
Africa
JEL: 
F15
F36
F42
O55
P52
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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