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The Case for Financial Sector Liberalization in Ethiopia

Kozo Kiyota, Barbara Peitsch and Robert Stern
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Barbara Peitsch: University of Michigan, Dearborn

No 565, Working Papers from Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan

Abstract: This paper focuses on issues of financial sector liberalization in Ethiopia, with reference in particular to the Ethiopian banking sector. We identify two factors that may constrain Ethiopia’s financial development. One is the closed nature of the Ethiopian financial sector in which there are no foreign banks, a non-competitive market structure, and strong capital controls in place. The other is the dominant role of state-owned banks. Our observations suggest that the Ethiopian economy would benefit from financial sector liberalization, especially from the entry of foreign banks and the associated privatization of state-owned banks.

Keywords: foreign banks; state-owned banks; financial sector liberalization; Africa; Ethiopia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G21 G32 L33 O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2007
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-afr, nep-ban, nep-dev and nep-tra
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