Financial Depth in the WAEMU: Benchmarking Against Frontier SSA Countries
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WP; GDP; WAEMU; credit coverage; Financial development; Financial possibility frontier; Benchmarking; WAEMU region; contract enforcement; credit information collection; WAEMU control variable; Credit; Financial sector development; Infrastructure; Legal support in revenue administration; Bank credit; Sub-Saharan Africa; Global;All these keywords.
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