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- Title
financial straitjacket? Côte d'Ivoire's National Development Banks.
- Authors
Quist, Georges
- Abstract
The lack of financing options for African firms has led to a reappraisal of the role National Development Banks (NDBs) can play in promoting structural transformation the region. Through an analysis of bank data and policy reports, I argue that the focus on corruption by the mainstream to explain the lacklustre performance of NDBs in developing and emerging economies is overemphasised. Specifically, such arguments fail to account for underlying structural and relational asymmetries between financial sector participants, which make it difficult for NDBs to accomplish their mission. In Côte d'Ivoire, these constraints are characterised by a monetary system inherited from the colonial period that prioritises exchange rate stability over credit creation. The increasing push by International Financial Institutions to commercialise state banking is also causing the main Ivorian NDB (the Banque Nationale d'Investissement) to prioritise financial intermediation over the provision of credit to enterprises in productive sectors.
- Subjects
COTE d'Ivoire; DEVELOPMENT banks; BANKING industry; INTERNATIONAL financial institutions; MONETARY systems; PUBLIC institutions
- Publication
Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2022, Vol 46, Issue 5, p1087
- ISSN
0309-166X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cje/beac034