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L'inclusion financière en Afrique subsaharienne : faits stylisés et déterminants

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  • Samuel Guérineau
  • Luc Jacolin

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As a main component of financial development, financial inclusion fosters economic growth in developing countries by delivering at an affordable cost a wide array of financial services to a growing share of households and small and medium-sized corporations. Financial inclusion is limited in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and in particular in the Franc zone, both in terms of bank accounts (access and intensity of use) and credit. Widespread bank account access differentials according to education, age, gender, income and location are observed. The prevalence of financial exclusion in SSA reflects structural factors affecting both: the supply of financial services (cost, management of information asymmetries), demand (income and education level, possible self-exclusion) or weak regulatory environment and business climates. Like any other forms of financial development, financial inclusion implies new risks for financial stability and therefore, a strengthening of banking regulations and supervision so that public trust in the banking sector and increasing access to financial services goes hand in hand with sustainable and stable economic development. Classification JEL: G21, G28, O16, O55.

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  • Samuel Guérineau & Luc Jacolin, 2014. "L'inclusion financière en Afrique subsaharienne : faits stylisés et déterminants," Revue d'économie financière, Association d'économie financière, vol. 0(4), pages 57-80.
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    1. Luc Jacolin & Massil Keneck & Alphonse Noah, 2019. "Informal Sector and Mobile Financial Services in Developing Countries: Does Financial Innovation Matter?," Working papers 721, Banque de France.
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    3. Chauvet, Lisa & Jacolin, Luc, 2017. "Financial Inclusion, Bank Concentration, and Firm Performance," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 97(C), pages 1-13.
    4. Désiré Avom & Chrysost Bangaké & Hermann Ndoya, 2021. "Measuring financial inclusion in African countries," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 41(3), pages 848-866.
    5. Lisa Chauvet & Luc Jacolin, 2015. "Financial Inclusion and Firms performance," Post-Print hal-01516871, HAL.
    6. Luc Jacolin & Joseph Keneck Massil & Alphonse Noah, 2021. "Informal sector and mobile financial services in emerging and developing countries: Does financial innovation matter?," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 44(9), pages 2703-2737, September.
    7. Noufé Tiatité & Nikiéma Adama, 2022. "Effects of financial inclusion on employability in sub-Saharan Africa: a fuzzy set theory analysis," SN Business & Economics, Springer, vol. 2(12), pages 1-18, December.
    8. Hermann Hegueu Ndoya & Charly Ondobo Tsala, 2021. "What drive gender gap in financial inclusion? Evidence from Cameroon," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 33(4), pages 674-687, December.
    9. Ali Compaore, 2020. "Access-for-all to Financial Services: Non- resources Tax Revenue-harnessing Opportunities in Developing Countries," Working Papers hal-02901664, HAL.

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    JEL classification:

    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
    • O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa

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