Series Introduction
Sebastian Edwards, Simon Johnson, and David N. Weil
Volume Introduction
Sebastian Edwards, Simon Johnson, and David N. Weil
I. Finance and Capital Allocation
1. Resolving the African Financial Development Gap: Cross-Country Comparisons and a Within-Country Study of Kenya
Franklin Allen, Elena Carletti, Robert Cull, Jun Qian, Lemma Senbet, and Patricio Valenzuela
2. Challenges in Banking the Rural Poor: Evidence from Kenya’s Western Province
Pascaline Dupas, Sarah Green, Anthony Keats, and Jonathan Robinson
3. The Financial Sector in Burundi: An Investigation of Its Efficiency in Resource Mobilization and Allocation
Janvier D. Nkurunziza, Léonce Ndikumana, and Prime Nyamoya
4. Were the Nigerian Banking Reforms of 2005 a Success . . . and for the Poor?
Lisa D. Cook
5. Misallocation, Property Rights, and Access to Finance: Evidence from within and across Africa
Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan and Bent E. Sørensen
II. Mobile Phones
6. New Cellular Networks in Malawi: Correlates of Service Rollout and Network Performance
Dimitris Batzilis, Taryn Dinkelman, Emily Oster, Rebecca Thornton, and Deric Zanera
7. Mobile Banking: The Impact of M-Pesa in Kenya
Isaac Mbiti and David N. Weil
III. International Trade
8. African Export Successes: Surprises, Stylized Facts, and Explanations
William Easterly and Ariell Reshef
9. AGOA Rules: The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Special Fabric Provisions
Lawrence Edwards and Robert Z. Lawrence
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index