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Sub-Saharan Africa's Integration in the Global Financial Markets

By Corinne C Delechat, John Wakeman-Linn, Smita Wagh, Gustavo Ramirez

May 1, 2009

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Corinne C Delechat, John Wakeman-Linn, Smita Wagh, and Gustavo Ramirez. Sub-Saharan Africa's Integration in the Global Financial Markets, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2009) accessed November 21, 2024
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Summary

The paper uses a unique database covering 44 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries between 2000 and 2007 to study the determinants of the allocation and composition of flows across countries, as well as channels through which private capital flows could affect growth. In our sample, the degree of financial market development is an important determinant of the distribution of capital flows across countries as opposed to property rights institutions. The fairly consistent positive association between net capital flows and growth for SSA countries contrasts with the more pessimistic results of recent studies, though our data do not allow us to make conclusive inferences about a causality relationship.

Subject: Balance of payments, Capital flows, Capital inflows, Financial markets, Financial sector development, Foreign direct investment, Private capital flows

Keywords: Africa, Capital flow, Capital flows, Capital inflows, Capital market, Capital market development, Development institution, FDI inflow, Financial sector development, Foreign direct investment, Global, Market, Market size, Private capital flows, Sub-Saharan Africa, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    38

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2009/114

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2009114

  • ISBN:

    9781451872613

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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