01675cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF006523 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781455201198 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Kablan, Sandrine. Banking Efficiency and Financial Development in Sub-Saharan Africa / Sandrine Kablan. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010. 1 online resource (25 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This study assesses the determinants of banking system efficiency in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and asks what, besides the degree of efficiency, explains the low level of financial development in the region. It uses stochastic frontier analysis to measure efficiency and a generalized method of moments system to explain financial development. SSA banks are found to be generally cost-efficient, but nonperforming loans undermine efficiency, which suggests that improvement in the regulatory and credit environments should improve efficiency. The political and the economic environment have held back financial development in SSA. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/136 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2010/136/001.2010.issue-136-en.xml IMF e-Library