The Economics of Banking and Finance in Africa : Developments in Africa's Financial Systems

PART I: Overview of Banking and Finance -- 1. Introduction: An Overview of Africa’s Financial Systems -- PART II: FinTech, Financial Inclusion and Banking Sector Development -- 2. Inflation, Interest Rates and Exchange Rates in Africa -- 3. Bank Market Structure and Competition in Africa -- 4. Financial Inclusion, Banking Sector Development and Financial Stability in Africa -- 5. FinTech and the Future of Banks and Financial Services in Africa -- PART III: Central Bank and Monetary Policy -- 6. Central Bank Independence, Exchange Rate Regime, Monetary Policy and Inflation in Africa -- 7. Monetary Policy, Central Banks’ Independence and Financial Development in Africa -- 8. Monetary Policy, Institutions and Bank Market Power in Africa -- 9. Monetary Policy and Bank Risk-Taking in Africa -- 10. Bank Pricing Behaviour, Monetary Policy and Inclusive Finance in Africa -- PART IV: Structured Finance, Sustainable Finance and Islamic Banking -- 11. Structured Finance in Africa -- 12. Sustainable Finance and Banking in Africa -- 13. Islamic Banking and Finance in Africa -- PART V: Banking Crises and Global Banking.-14. Explaining Banking Failures in Africa -- 15. Banking Crises and Cross-Border Bank Expansion in Africa -- 16. Cross-Border Banking, Bank Pricing and Financial Inclusion in Africa -- 17. Current Issues in Global Banking and Implications for African Banks -- PART VI: Banking Regulation and Supervision -- 18. Risk Management and Compliance in Banking in Africa -- 19. Corporate Governance, Regulation and Bank Stability in Africa -- 20. Macro-Prudential Regulation, Monetary Policy and Systemic Banking Crises in Africa -- 21. Recent Developments in Banking Regulation and Supervision -- 22. “Playing Catch-up: Regulators’’ Adoption of SupTech and RegTech in Keeping up to FinTech in Africa -- PART VII: Non-Bank Financial Markets -- 23. Sustainability and Growth of Microfinance Institutions in Africa -- 24. Insurance Markets in Africa -- 25. Pension Markets in Africa -- 26. On the Determinants of Stock Market Development in Africa -- 27. Bond Market Development in Africa: Determinants and Key Issues -- 28. Capital Market Development, Foreign Direct Investment and Infrastructure Development -- 29. Foreign Capital Flows, Domestic Capital Markets and Energy in Africa -- 30. COVID-19 Pandemic and Africa’s Financial Systems: How do we reform the Post-COVID-19 Financial Systems?