Informal Financial Markets under Liberalization in Four African Countries

World Development

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 817-830

  Steel, William F ^a   Aryeetey, Ernest ^b   Hettige, Hemamala ^a   Nissanke, Machiko ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING REGION; ECONOMIC LIBERALISATION; FINANCIAL MARKET; INFORMAL FINANCE;

AFRICA;

EID: 0031474915     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(96)00133-7     Document Type: Article

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