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Capital Markets’ Development: Are African Countries Lagging?

In: Monetary and Financial Systems in Africa

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  • Thaddee M. Badibanga

    (Bowie State University)

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The chapter discusses the issue of the limited African capital markets that constrain the development of Africa. The capital markets are underdeveloped and are thin. African capital markets have great potential but they are experiencing severe problems, including low capitalization, low liquidity, and a shortlist of participating companies on the stock exchange. There is, therefore, an urgent need for the right policies to speed the development of capital markets. Accordingly, the most urgent ones are the reinforcement of institutional capacity to enforce contracts and commercial regulations, the creation of electronic registry systems of property ownership, the reinforcement of monetary policy, the diversification of financial portfolio options, and the creation of secondary markets.

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  • Thaddee M. Badibanga, 2022. "Capital Markets’ Development: Are African Countries Lagging?," Springer Books, in: Aloysius Ajab Amin & Regina Nsang Tawah & Augustin Ntembe (ed.), Monetary and Financial Systems in Africa, chapter 0, pages 283-314, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-96225-8_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-96225-8_13
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