Cover -- Poverty Reduction in the Course of African Development -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Part I: Overview -- 1: Introduction: Tracing Poverty Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Progress...

A study of both informal and formal financial markets in Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria and Tanzania, Financial Market Fragmentation and Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa, shows that informal institutions use specialized methods to serve broad segments of the population that lack access to banks. Although...