TY - BOOK AU - Sanya,Sarah AU - Gaertner,Matthew AU - Sanya,Sarah TI - Assessing Bank Competition within the East African Community T2 - IMF Working Papers; Working Paper SN - 1463933177 : SN - 1018-5941 PY - 2012/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - International Monetary Fund KW - Banking Sector KW - imf KW - Banking System KW - Comparative KW - East African Community KW - Economic History: Financial Markets and Institutions: General KW - H-Statistic KW - Kenya KW - Rwanda KW - Tanzania KW - Uganda N2 - This paper is an empirical analysis of competitiveness in the banking system of four out of the five East African Community (EAC) countries2. The results show that the degree of competition is low due to a combination of structural and socio-economic factors. By way of preview, the analysis ranks the countries in terms of banking sector competitiveness in the following order: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda UR - http://elibrary.imf.org/view/IMF001/12593-9781463933173/12593-9781463933173/12593-9781463933173.xml UR - http://www.imfbookstore.org/IMFORG/9781463933173 ER -