Niger: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
January 16, 2007
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This Selected Issues paper underlies the financial sector developments in Niger. The paper presents an overview of the financial sector of Niger and discusses the recent banking developments. It analyzes the recent trends in key microfinance indicators, and investigates reasons behind Niger’s relatively weak growth performance. It uses a growth accounting framework to assess the contribution to growth by factor inputs and total factor productivity (TFP) during 1963–2003. The paper also presents neoclassical growth model estimates of the role of macroeconomic variables and other factors in determining economic growth in Niger.
Subject: Agricultural sector, Banking, Credit, Economic sectors, Financial services, Microfinance, Money, Production, Total factor productivity
Keywords: Agricultural sector, CR, Credit, growth performance, irrigation infrastructure, ISCR, land productivity, meager TFP growth, Microfinance, monetary policy policy management, Niger, per capita income, performance in Niger, physical capital accumulation, rate of change, terms-of-trade shock, Total factor productivity, West Africa
Pages:
85
Volume:
2007
DOI:
Issue:
014
Series:
Country Report No. 2007/014
Stock No:
1NEREA2007002
ISBN:
9781451828733
ISSN:
1934-7685
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