Bank Regulatory Reforms in Africa

LOUIS KASEKENDE Deputy Governor, Bank of Uganda WILLIAM LYAKURWA Executive Director of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) KUPUKILE MLAMBO Lead Economist, Office of the Chief Economist and Vice-President, African Development Bank FRANCIS MWEGA Professor of Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya ABRAHAM MWENDA Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Development Bank of Zambia NJUGUNA NDUNGU Governor, Central Bank of Kenya SUNIL POSHAKWALE Professor of International Finance, Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University, UK BINSHENG QIAN Lecturer in Finance, Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University, UK TAOUFIK RAJHI Lead Economist, Office of the Chief Economist and Vice-President, African Development Bank HATEM SALAH Professor of Economics and Banking, Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Tunis, University of Manouba, Tunisia TIANSHU ZHAO Lecturer in Banking, University of Stirling, UK

In the wake of the recent financial crisis that has created enormous regulatory risks, changes in the content of banking regulation are crucial. In this book, policy makers and advisors from central banks across Africa discuss this topical subject, focussing on how to enhance bank competition and intermediation efficiency in the region.In the wake of the recent financial crisis that has created enormous regulatory risks, changes in the content of banking regulation are crucial. In this book, policy makers and advisors from central banks across Africa discuss this topical subject, focussing on how to enhance bank competition and intermediation efficiency in the region.