Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Editors and Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I: Expanding Access -- Part II: Lengthening Contracts -- Part III: Safeguarding Finance -- Part IV: Financial Sector Reform: Activism and Local Political Conditions -- Note -- Part I Expanding Access -- Chapter 1 Microfinance in Africa -- Impediments to the Microfinance Industry and Best Practice Solutions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Mobile Financial Services in Africa: The Next Generation -- The Generations of Mobile Payments -- The State of Play in Mobile Financial Services -- Actions for Policy Makers and Regulators -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Annex 2A National ID and SIM Registration in Africa -- Chapter 3 Financing Agriculture: Selected Approaches for the Engagement of Commercial Finance -- Finance for All -- Finance for Markets -- Finance for Growth -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part II Lengthening Contracts -- Chapter 4 Housing Finance -- Demand for Housing Finance -- Housing Finance as a Driver of Growth -- Housing Needs -- Housing Affordability -- Housing Finance Systems -- Impact of the Financial Crisis -- Obstacles to Financing the Housing Gap -- Recommendations -- References -- Part III Safeguarding Finance -- Chapter 5 The Reform Agenda for Financial Regulation and Supervision in Africa -- Reform Is on the Agenda -- Crisis Experience and Future Risks -- Two Pillars of Financial Stability: Capital and Supervisory Capacity -- Implementation of International Capital Standards -- Regional Cross-Border Supervisory Coordination and the New International Supervisory Architecture -- Crisis Response Mechanisms and Bank Resolution -- Developing Country-Specific Roadmaps for the Regulatory and Supervisory Reform Agenda -- Conclusion -- Notes.

References -- Part IV Financial Sector Reform: Activism and Local Political Conditions -- Chapter 6 The Potential of Pro-Market Activism for Finance in Africa: A Political Economy Perspective -- Activism in Financial Markets: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Experiences -- Assessing the Current Approach toward Activism -- Activism as a Tool to Increase Finance for Private Investment: A Political Economy Perspective -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Boxes -- Figures -- Tables -- Footnotes.

This edited volume contains eight studies of financial sector challenges in Africa that served as background studies for Financing Africa: Through the Crisis and Beyond. One of the major challenges for African financial systems is to expand financial services to a larger share of the population. The chapters in this area cover microfinance in Africa, the role of technology, reforms of payment infrastructure, and financing agriculture. Two chapters cover challenges in increasing long-term finance; one covers housing finance and the other the role of sovereign wealth fund. The book also contains a detailed discussion of bank regulation and supervision, especially in light of the current regulatory reforms in Europe and North America. The final chapter provides a political economy perspective, discussing the conditions for activist government policies in the financial sector.

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